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Holiday picks →Shea nuts→Shea butter for food, skin care and export
Shea butter is made across the north by hand, with hours of pounding and kneading. Machines do the heavy steps, so a group makes more butter, of a steadier quality, with less labour. Many groups share one set.
Bigger, smaller or a different product? Describe it and we plan the line.
What happens from shea nuts to shea butter for food, and the machine for each step. Steps marked “add later” can be done by hand while you start.
Nuts are boiled, sun-dried and sorted. Mouldy or sprouted nuts make poor butter.
Breaks the dry kernels into small pieces, so they roast evenly. The shea set is a crusher, roaster, mill and kneader.
Shea butter processing machinesRoasts the pieces evenly, which sets the butter’s colour and smell.
Shea butter processing machinesGrinds the roast to a paste, then kneads it with water until the fat comes away: the hardest work by hand.
Shea butter processing machinesThe fat is boiled to separate it from water and dirt, then left to cool.
Palm oil clarifiers and boiling tanksFills cooled butter into jars and tubs for shops, or blocks for buyers.
Cosmetic jars & tubs for shea butterThe machines a small plant opens with. The other steps are done by hand at first. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.
Every machine on the line, for when you are ready to grow, or to start bigger. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.
Most shea machines run on a diesel engine or a single-phase electric motor. Tell us your power and how many bags of nuts a week.
Each machine can be its own order, with its own deposit and instalments. Start with the step that earns, and order the next one from what it brings in.
Starting as a group? Buy it together: each member pays their share from their own phone.
Farming & food processing
Drum roasters for groundnuts, cashew, sesame, coffee and cocoa beans.
In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm
Farming & food processing
Handheld meters that tell when maize, rice and cocoa beans are dry enough to store or sell.
In Accra by Sat 12 Dec if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm
Machines & heavy equipment
Small diesel engines that drive corn mills, water pumps and other machines off-grid.
In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm
Tick what you already have in place. What is left shows what to sort out before you order.
Agree supply with farmers, aggregators or collectors before you buy machines. A plant waiting for raw material earns nothing.
Talk to traders, shops, schools and exporters, and take them samples. Selling is harder than making.
Machines need a solid floor, a roof, drainage, and room for raw stock and finished goods.
Ask ECG what your site has or can get. We quote machines with a diesel engine or the motor that matches your power.
Food plants wash a lot. A storage tank or borehole keeps you working when the supply stops.
Start with the machine that earns first. With Landed you pay a deposit, then the rest in any amounts while it ships, with no interest.
Register the business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies and get your district assembly’s business permit. Packed food, drinks and cosmetics need FDA Ghana registration.
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