Food ingredients
Identify the application, destination and food specifications. Agree analysis, handling and documentation requirements with the buyer's technical team.
Product sourcing / Shea butter
Shea butter, with a clear use and specification.
Kayilan supports shea butter sourcing enquiries from African origins. We help define the brief, compare supplier responses and coordinate samples and documents. Country, processor and current availability are confirmed for each enquiry.
Define the material
Specify unrefined or refined.
Shea butter is a vegetable fat obtained from kernels of Vitellaria paradoxa. Unrefined material is produced by manual or mechanical methods and may be filtered or otherwise physically purified.
State whether you require unrefined or refined butter. Describe the colour, odour, texture and processing characteristics needed so the proposed supplier and specification can be assessed.
Codex: unrefined shea butterSet the intended use
Food and cosmetic requirements differ.
Cosmetic ingredients
Identify the formulation, processing status and ingredient documentation. Provide the manufacturer's acceptance criteria and sample requirements.
A description prepared for one use should not automatically be treated as evidence of suitability for the other.
GIZ: shea product and buyer requirementsCompare the sample and analysis.
Request a technical specification and batch analysis. Relevant checks can include water content, free fatty acids, peroxide value and insoluble impurities.
The Codex regional standard provides a reference for unrefined shea butter used in food. Agree the specification for the actual product and destination, including appearance and storage conditions.
Follow the proposed batch.
Ask for origin, processor identity, production date and a lot reference connecting the sample, analysis and shipment. Confirm container type, pack weight and transport needs.
Evaluate a representative sample for the intended application and record agreed acceptance criteria.
Your sourcing brief
Bring the requirement together.
Share the form, use, quantity, destination and timing. Kayilan can coordinate comparisons and follow-through. Specification, compliance, availability and commercial terms are verified for the particular enquiry before commitment.