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  • What is the use of oil press machine?
  • An oil extraction machine, also called an oil press or expeller, uses high pressure and heat to squeeze the oils out of a plant product. Those products including seeds, nuts, vegetables, fruits and leafy plants release their oils through this mechanical process, which is often done without adding any chemicals.
  • What are the four materials used at the shea butter production industry?
  • The shea kernel is obtained from processing fresh shea fruits and further processed into shea butter. Manual and semi-mechanized methods are employed in processing shea kernel into butter. Major inputs are; kernel, water, energy, and time and outputs are; shea butter and wastewater.
  • How do they extract oil from shea nut?
  • Traditional extraction was done by boiling ground kernels of the seeds in water and ladling off the extracted oil. The extracted oil was then filtered and dried at 105 to remove residual water.
  • What are the methods of processing shea butter?
  • The traditional method of how shea butter is made involves water extraction- boiling the shea kernels with water and skimming off the released oils. The commercial process of how shea butter is produced involves a combination of expeller pressing and solvent extraction.