The cocoa bean is the seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a tropical plant indigenous to the equatorial regions of the Americas. From the processed cocoa bean comes the fluid paste, or liquor, from which cocoa powder and chocolate are made.Theobroma cacao grows pods on both its branches and trunk. Growers have to be very careful not to damage the cacao tree when harvesting them. Because itâ??s such a delicate task, pods are picked by hand.Each bean is made of about 50% of a fat called cocoa butter. The beans are 20% protein and also contain water, as well as a large amount of nutrients such as theobromine and vitamins. The beans also contain starch and other minerals.Each pod contains 16 to 60 cocoa beans. You have to extract the fruitâ??s contents to get at its beans, in a process known as de-seeding.When fresh, beans look like seeds covered in a white, sticky pulp called mucilage. They can be eaten as they are. However, if we want to store them for later use, we have to ferment and then dry them. We can also roast them.
BOTANICAL NAME : Vitellaria Paradoxa The fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritous pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from shea butter is extracted. Its a deciduous tree therefore itâ??s about 7-15 metre tall, but has reached 25 metre and a trunk diameter of 2 metre. QUALITY SPECIFICATION Oil Content ------------------ 45% FFA -----------------------------3% Moisture --------------------------8% Impurity -------------------------- 2%
BOTANICAL NAME : Vitellaria paradoxa We sell 100% organic shea butter.Our product is unrefined and well packaged to prevent contamination and tampering. This butter is always fresh and made from the most recent harvests of shea nuts to ensure you get the best quality shea butter. We supply in bulk both locally and internationally. FFA -----------------------------
Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree. It is ivory in color when raw and commonly dyed yellow with borututu root or palm oil. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. Shea butter is edible and is used in food preparation in some African countries. In every month we can export first grade of this product in 1000-2000MT quantity.
Product Type - Cocoa Ingredients Color - Yellow Cocoa Content - 1.75% Place of Origin - Indonesia Flavor - Characteristic Cocoa Butter Free Fatty Acid (%) - 1.40 Moisture (%) - 0.09 - 0.30 Iodine Value (Wijs) - 33.3 s.d 34.2 Peroxide Value - < 2 Saponification Matter - 188 - 198 Unsaponification Matte r (%) - < 0.60 Melting Point (oC) - 33.3 s.d 34.2 Refractive Index at 40 C - 1.459