Shea Butter Research & Data
A written protocol for publishing anonymised, versioned datasets from EMI Agro's QC laboratory and cooperative intake — so buyers, formulators and researchers can see how shea butter actually behaves, not just what a spec sheet promises.
Summary
Published studies
No studies have been published yet. Datasets will appear here only after they pass the sample-size and anonymisation rules below.
How we publish data
Every future study on this hub follows the same publication protocol. The rules below are binding for tables, charts and downloadable CSVs.
Anonymisation
No collector, cooperative, driver, agent or customer names or identifiers appear in a CSV, an aggregate table or the prose. Lot and batch identifiers are re-keyed to sequential codes before the data leaves the company; the mapping stays offline with EMI. Geography is published at Nigerian state level only — never local government area, village or market. Dates are reduced to the month. Every published cell must have at least five lots; smaller cells are withheld from tables, charts and the CSV.
What we leave out
Prices, purchase costs, grade-gate pay rates, per-supplier volumes, lot tonnages, yields, stock levels, customer names and destination markets are excluded. If a variable could be used to reverse-engineer any of these, it is excluded.
Reproducibility
Each published study will state the sample frame, the method reference per parameter, the instrument class, the replicate and averaging rule, rounding, exclusion rules, and the statistical method: quartiles by linear interpolation between order statistics (R type 7 / Excel PERCENTILE.INC). The published method notes are enough to recompute every table from the CSV. Read more about EMI Agro's laboratory and certifications and quality control.
Versioning
The first release of a study is v1.0. A minor version adds or corrects rows without changing methods or variable definitions. A major version changes the method, cell definitions, limits or variable set. Each version keeps its own immutable CSV; older files stay online so a citation still resolves.
Licence
Published datasets will be released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Reuse with attribution in the form “EMI Agro Industries, study title, v version, URL”. Commercial reuse is permitted with attribution. There is no warranty.
Explore more
Shea butter specifications
The reference ranges these studies will test against.
Complete guide to shea butter
What shea butter is, how it is made and graded.
Sample certificate of analysis
One batch COA — the document a study places in context.
COA interpreter
Read a certificate against published reference ranges.
Frequently asked questions
Last reviewed September 2026 by EMI Agro Industries QC team.
Manufacturer-direct from Ibadan, Nigeria
See the same tests on your batch.
The same laboratory tests that will appear in published datasets are already run on each EMI Agro batch — request a current Certificate of Analysis.
You have just read EMI Agro research and data. The next step is a real lot from the factory that produces it — EMI Agro, with factory-direct pricing and a batch Certificate of Analysis.
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.