• How to refine shea butter?
  • Crude shea butter obtained from the extraction process undergoes many refining steps. The process of how to refine shea butter begins with pretreatment and bleaching, which is followed by deodorisation and deacidification to obtain refined shea butter.
  • Why is the only oil refinery in Bosnia a cutting-edge refinery?
  • Investment cycles which are organized within development strategy place the only oil refinery in Bosnia among cutting-edge refineries of Europe from technology standpoint. Development and modernization of refinery system provide competitive performance in production and environment protection.
  • What are the benefits of oil refinery operation in Bosnia & Herzegovina?
  • Refinery operation has significantly benefited quality as well as prices of petroleum products sold in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main refinery products are: Sulphur. Refinery Brod site includes: River barge terminal. Oil refinery Brod is fully modernized and it operational plants can process 1.2 million tons of petroleum a year.
  • How is shea butter fractionated?
  • Once refined, shea butter can be fractionated into two parts: a creamy fat known as shea stearin and a liquid oil called shea olein¡ªotherwise known as shea oil. Fractionation separates these two unique components using either a chemical reagent or physical methods like centrifugation.
  • How to optimise shea butter production by mechanical extraction?
  • Shea butter (SB) production by mechanical extraction (ME) was optimised by box-behnken (BB) experimental design of response surface methodology (RSM). The process parameters studied (with their ranges) were sample weight (100 ¨C 200 g), temperature (60 ¨C 120C) and duration of applied pressure (10 ¨C 30 min) to optimise the yield of SB.
  • Why is processing shea butter so popular in Ghana?
  • The emergence and proliferation of processing shea butter by this method in the shea producing zones of Ghana was mainly due to the collaborative work between women groups and some development partners and Non¨CGovernmental Organizations.