Can shea press cake be fed to livestock?

It is used as a feed ingredient at limited inclusion because of tannins and saponins in the kernel residue. Buyers should analyse each lot and run their own feeding trials. EMI can supply batch analysis on request.

Is shea press cake suitable for soap making?

Yes as a blended input: residual fat contributes saponifiable matter, and the meal can act as a filler or mild exfoliant in artisan soap. It does not replace shea butter in a superfatted formula.

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Shea Press Cake

Q: What is shea press cake made of?

Shea press cake is the fat-depleted kernel residue left after mechanical pressing: residual fat, fibre, protein and the kernel's minor components. It is not a butter and is not a substitute for shea butter in a cosmetic formula.

The pressing residue from our shea butter production, supplied in bulk for feed, soap and soil.

Shea press cake is the solid residue left after mechanical pressing of shea kernels. It contains residual fat, fibre, protein and the kernel's minor components. EMI Agro supplies it from the press line in Ibadan as an input for animal feed (at limited inclusion), soap making, and organic fertiliser or biomass.

At a glance

Grade: Press residue (by-product)
Process: Mechanical pressing residue
Appearance: Brown meal / cake
Odour: Characteristic shea kernel
Standard: NIS 571:2013
Origin of kernels: Kwara, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi

What shea press cake contains

Shea press cake is the fat-depleted kernel residue from pressing; its value in feed depends on residual fat and on limiting anti-nutritional factors through inclusion rate or treatment.

Indicative composition of shea press cake (literature; EMI batch analysis on request)
Parameter	Value
Residual fat	On request
Crude protein	On request
Crude fibre	On request
Moisture	On request

Uses

Animal feed

Used as a feed ingredient at limited inclusion because of tannins and saponins. Buyers should run their own feeding trials and analyse each lot.

Soap-making input

Residual fat contributes saponifiable matter. Cake is typically blended and is not a replacement for shea butter.

Fertiliser, soil amendment and biomass

The meal is an organic-matter input and can be used as biomass fuel. Efficacy claims beyond that require the buyer's own trials.

Packaging and supply

Order terms

MOQ: Standard orders start at 20 tonnes. Trial lots start at 5 tonnes. Smaller volumes can still be requested — we review every enquiry against current production.
Lead time: Lead time is Ibadan production time plus ocean time to the named port. EMI Agro produces 40 tonnes per week of finished shea butter and can schedule rolling shipments. Exact weeks depend on the quantity on the purchase order.
Incoterms: EXW, FOB, CIF
Sample policy: Trial lots start at 5 tonnes of the named grade. Send the request even if you need less — we review whether we can supply.
Load ports: Apapa (Lagos), Tin Can Island (Lagos)

Documents provided

A Certificate of Analysis is issued per batch. Destination-specific certificates are confirmed on the order. See the sample Certificate of Analysis.

Quality and traceability

Intake lots are batch-coded to the cooperative delivery. Finished butter is tested in-house before release. The ten-step process and the quality page describe the laboratory and the certification status.

Unrefined Grade A Shea Butter

Cold-pressed, wild-collected unrefined Grade A shea butter from Ibadan, Nigeria: ivory to pale yellow, natural odour, produced to NIS 571:2013 with a Certificate of Analysis on every batch.

Refined N-RBD Shea Butter

Refined N-RBD (neutralised, bleached, deodorised) shea butter: white to off-white, odourless, very low in free fatty acid, specified for food, cocoa butter equivalent, pharmaceutical excipient and neutral cosmetic bases.

Certificate of Analysis (sample)

How batch results are reported

All bulk shea butter products

Hub for grade selection

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed September 2026 by EMI Agro Industries QC team.

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Trusted manufacturer
EMI Agro Industries Limited (RC 9364495) presses the butter in Ibadan — we are not a trading company.
Competitive factory-direct prices
Quoted EXW, FOB or CIF — the buyer chooses. You pay the factory, not a chain of middlemen.
Export-ready supply
We ship to European Union, United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Southeast Asia, China, India, Middle East, Latin America. Load ports: Apapa (Lagos) or Tin Can Island (Lagos).
Documented lots
40 tonnes per week of finished shea butter, a Certificate of Analysis on every batch, NAFDAC registered and SON approved.

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