Introduction | fresh Shea butter is yellow paste, with special features, usually need to be refined to be used in cosmetics raw materials. Like most vegetable oils, the main component of shea butter is triglyceride, and the fatty acids are mainly saturated fatty acids such as palmitic acid, stearic acid and arachidic acid, and unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid and linoleic acid. In addition, shea butter also contains a lot of unsaponifiable matter, vegetable oil generally contains less than 1% of unsaponifiable matter, and the unsaponifiable content of shea butter oil is as high as 7%~ 10%. Of these unsaponifiable are mainly phytosterols and tocopherols (vitamin E). In addition, triterpene Ester is also an important component of shea butter. A large number of unsaturated fatty acids and unsaponifiable ingredients, make the shea butter has excellent skin care effect. |
Main component | the main component of shea butter is also triglyceride, and the fatty acids are mainly palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid and other saturated fatty acids, and oleic acid, linoleic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids. In addition, shea butter also contains a lot of unsaponifiable matter. |
Source | The shea butter is extracted from the fruit of a. Most of them grow in the tropical rain forest between Senegal and Nigeria in Africa. It is a kind of hardwood, with an adult tree of 15 to 20 meters and often hundreds of years old. This tree can only grow on the African continent. |
efficacy and function | the indicators of shea butter and human sebum secretion oil are the closest. Shea butter contains plant sterols (Phytosterols) and vitamin E and other non-saponifiable ingredients, can fully moisturize the skin, but also can resist ultraviolet (UVB). In addition, these ingredients also have excellent repair and anti-inflammatory functions. Shea butter has a good skin penetration function, which can promote the rehydration of skin stratum corneum cells, and at the same time, it can form a protective film on the skin surface to prevent skin moisture volatilization, thus having a strong moisturizing effect on the skin, shea butter itself is a natural emollient, and has the effect of removing dead skin and preventing skin aging. Therefore, shea butter oil is a good additive for whitening cream and nutritional anti-aging cream, the best adding amount of shea butter was 2%-8%. |
application field | Shea butter is mainly used in skin and hair related products (lip gloss, emollient cream, emulsion, moistening of the hair of dry and fragile hair). It is also used in the manufacture of soap. Some soap makers will use 25% of shea butter-about 28% of the maximum amount prescribed in the European Union, but this is rarely the case in commercially produced soaps, because of its high cost for palm oil or olive oil. It is a good emollient for people with dry skin, and although there is no evidence that it cures, it relieves the pain and itching associated with tightness. In some African countries, such as Benin, shea butter is used for cooking, as a water-resistant wax, for cosmetic use, for the manufacture of candles, and as an ingredient in pharmaceutical ointments. It has also been used by traditional African Percussion manufacturers to increase the durability of wood (e. G., engraving shells), sand hammer, and leather adjustment belts. |
extraction process | Shea butter can be extracted by hydraulic pressing multiple Press method. |
Usage | Shea butter is suitable for all kinds of cosmetic formulas: sunscreen products: dosage 3-25%, suitable for sun protection products and after-sun care products. Hair products: dosage 1-3%, suitable for dry hair nutrition shampoo and hair conditioner, hair care products after dyeing; Shower gel: dosage 1-2%. Soap: dosage 10-50%. Skin care products: dosage 3-15%, suitable for anti-aging products, night cream, sensitive skin and dry skin care products, winter products, hand cream, foot cream, body lotion baby products, shaving with synovial fluid and other products. |
applicable food category | scope of use: chocolate, candy, ice cream, baking products and frying oil, but excluding infant food. |
approval date | 2017-05-31 |
Announcement No. | No. 7 of 2017 |
announcement title | announcement on 10 kinds of new food raw materials such as shea butter |
Oleic acid (C18:1)(g/100g)
| ≥25 |