Shea butter is organic and sometimes called “women’s gold,” because extracting the butter from the nuts gives employment and income to hundreds of thousands of rural African village women. African Shea butter is non-toxic. Shea butter product is also beneficial when used in foods as well as soaps and beauty products.
In Africa, traditional healers have used shea butter for centuries to treat their patients. Raw Shea butter is also used in some households to prepare dishes. Unrefined shea is also used for spiritual cleansing.

Despite organic shea butter popularity today, traditional uses of shea butter are being preserved because a vast number of people in Africa and elsewhere around the world are using African shea butter for its intended purposes. Many people from all walks of life have used unrefined African shea butter for their skin & hair. They have experienced the benefits of shea butter first hand.