May 2018

Qualitative analysis of enzyme-assisted traditionally extracted shea butter from different pretreated shea kernel substrates

The use of enzyme consortium to aid the extraction of shea butter in the traditional village extraction process improves the quality of the shea butter. In  this study, shea butter was extracted from three different shea kennel substrates; raw shea kennels (RASK), roasted shea kennels (ROSK) and shea kennel paste (SKEP) from a single variety of shea nuts (Vitellaria paradoxa) using the standard traditional...

Author(s): Beauty Didia, Zakpaa Hilary D., Mills-Robertson Felix C. and Abdul-Mumeen Iddrisu