high shea nut oil processing plant in ghana
- Product Name: shea nut oil processing plant
- Raw Material: shea nut
- Type: oil processing plant machine
- Certification: CE, ISO
- After-sales Service Provided: Engineers available to service machinery overseas
- production Power consumption: ≤ 15KWh/T
- Residual solvent in finished meal: ≤300PPM (qualified detonated experiment)
- Steam consumption: ≤ 280KG/T (0.8MPa)
- Finished meal moisture: ≤ 13% (adjustable)
- Solvent consumption: ≤ 2Kg/T (No.6 solvent )
- Voltage: 220V, 380V, or other
- Capacity: cooking seeds oil extract machine
- Color: cooking seeds oil extract machine
- Dimension: cooking seeds oil extract machine
Bunge unveils shea butter processing plant in Ghana, the
Operational since 2019, the facility is BLC’s first shea processing plant in Africa and the largest of its kind on the continent. “The facility is a fully automated solvent fractionation plant that processes raw shea butter made from locally collected and crushed shea nuts,” said Antoine Turpin, General Manager West Africa at BLC.
The $20 million joint venture, Ghana Specialty Fats, will start production next March, processing up to 25,000 tonnes of shea nuts a year, making it the biggest shea nut processor in the West African country, the world's No. 2 cocoa grower. "We are doing high quality products no one is doing in West Africa right now.
About Ghana Nuts Limited
Incorporated in the year 2001, Ghana Nuts Limited has emerged as one of the leading agro processors, manufacturers and exporter of huge range of edible oils, animal feed Meals, Shea Butter and Stearin. Entire range of product is manufactured using finest quality raw materials in accordance with the high demans for quality by our clients.
Shea butter, known as “women’s gold,” supports female empowerment, backs many U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), enhances the global supply chain and promotes self-sufficient development in Southeastern Ghana. To make the most of this versatile nut, Bunge Loders Croklaan (BLC), “the specialty oils and fats business of [U.S ...
GHANA, 3F Industries
3F's manufacturing facility in Tema, Ghana, since 2009. Serving global markets with excellence in oils, fats & more.
Though little research has been done, shea nut oil (Shea Butter), is a promising shea product with great potential for use in industrial shea product manufacture. To assess the oil obtained from the shea nuts for personal, commercial, and industrial use, this study focuses on the extraction process, the optimal solvent for extraction, thermodynamics and kinetic studies, and characterization of ...
Announcing our new shea facility in Tema, Ghana, Bunge
Operational since 2019, the facility is BLCs first shea processing plant in Africa and the largest of its kind on the continent. The facility is a fully automated solvent fractionation plant that processes raw shea butter made from locally collected and crushed shea nuts, said Antoine Turpin, General Manager West Africa at BLC.
In operation since 2019, the facility is BLC’s first shea processing plant in Africa and the largest of its kind on the continent, according to the company. A fully automated solvent fractionation plant, the facility processes raw shea butter made from locally collected and crushed shea nuts into two major products – shea olein and shea ...
- Who is the largest Shea Nut processor in Ghana?
- Since 2006, GSFIL has grown to become the largest processor of shea nuts in Ghana, manufacturing shea oils and butter. With a processing capability of upwards of 25,000 tonnes a year, making it the biggest shea nut processor in Ghana.
- How many shea nut trees are there in Ghana?
- In Ghana, there are estimated 94 million shea nut trees which were projected to produce at least 60,000 metric tonnes of shea nuts per annum for the production of all shea butter processed locally (Ofosu, 2009). This yields about 150 tonnes of shea butter, 60% of which is used locally with 25% exported.
- Who is Ghana speciality fats Industries Limited (gsfil)?
- Our client, Ghana Speciality Fats industries limited (GSFIL), is a joint venture enterprise between agri-processing leaders Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Wilmar Holdings. Since 2006, GSFIL has grown to become the largest processor of shea nuts in Ghana, manufacturing shea oils and butter.
- How much is a shea nut worth in Ghana?
- The shea nut market in Ghana is well established, being sold both locally and internationally. In 1996, Ghana exported 21,467 tons of shea nuts worth $4,484,600 (Chaffin, 2004).
- What is a Global Shea business?
- Global businesses, namely BLC, operate with a multitude of incentives, such as strengthening the independence of women in Ghana and creating jobs in the United States. The international shea business improves Ghanaian individual and economic wealth and works to close the gender gap.
- How many people rely on the Shea industry in Africa?
- About 16 million families in Africa rely on the shea industry to financially sustain their households. In late 2020, Tema’s shea butter plant provided jobs for 73 people, mostly residents and individuals around the community.