• shea nut oil making machine hydraulic oil press and hydraulic in Ghana
  • shea nut oil making machine hydraulic oil press and hydraulic in Ghana
  • shea nut oil making machine hydraulic oil press and hydraulic in Ghana
  • shea nut oil making machine hydraulic oil press and hydraulic in Ghana
  • Who is the largest Shea Nut processor in Ghana?
  • Since 2006, GSFIL has grown to become the largest processor of shea nuts in Ghana, manufacturing shea oils and butter. With a processing capability of upwards of 25,000 tonnes a year, making it the biggest shea nut processor in Ghana.
  • How are shea nuts processed in Ghana?
  • In the processing of the shea nuts, rural women from the north of Ghana, roast their shea nuts using open fire sources (i.e., unenclosed boundary). This practice comes with critical safety issues such as burns on the skin and uncontrolled heating rate which can bring about charring of the nuts prior to oil extraction.
  • Who is Ghana speciality fats Industries Limited (gsfil)?
  • Our client, Ghana Speciality Fats industries limited (GSFIL), is a joint venture enterprise between agri-processing leaders Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Wilmar Holdings. Since 2006, GSFIL has grown to become the largest processor of shea nuts in Ghana, manufacturing shea oils and butter.
  • What countries produce shea nut?
  • The main shea nut producing countries include Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Guinea. The total production capacity of these countries was estimated at 600,000 tons with an average of 350,000 tons exported in 2008 [1]. Accordingly, Ghana is one of the chief producers of this crop worldwide.
  • What is shea butter?
  • Shea butter is an oil extract from the shea nut crop [4]. It is a triglyceride and is innately full of tocopherol, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, and retinol. In Ghana, shea butter is processed conventionally by womenfolk in the northern villages and traded in the local markets.
  • What is shea fruit?
  • The shea fruit is made up of a pulp surrounding a nut which has a shell that houses the kernel that is dried and stored for processing into shea butter. The main shea nut producing countries include Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Guinea.