Robertal Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Do you have the grain problem in this product as you do with the regular shea butter? Can you use this instead of shea butter in all products that call for it.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I have started using it and haven't gotten any grainyness. Just remember that it is way harder than regular shea so it will affect the texture in your recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadryga Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I don't believe there's a difference, though I might be wrong. It's more in how you treat the shea butter than whether it's refined or not. From what I've seen, temperature affects it quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Which golden shea are you using, Robertal? I am talking about the golden shea from Agbanga Karite. If you are talking about the shea from the company that adds color to make it "golden" disregard my above post.Jadryga, the shea butter and the golden shea butter from Agbanga Karite are entirely different butters and have nothing to do with whether it's refined or not. The shea butter is soft and buttery at room temp and the golden shea is hard at room temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadryga Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Ah, just read the info page for golden shea at the agbanga site. I mixed it up with unrefined shea I think, sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I am not having any grain problems with the yellow shea from Bamboula. I have melted it down (not too hot) and made lotion sticks with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Flapp Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 The technical name is Kpangnan Butter a/k/s African Tallow a/k/a golden shea. This butter is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from shea butter although people refer to it as golden shea. The scent/texture is wonderful much less greasy & much smoother than shea. I ordered from Agbangkarite--price is outrageous--& www.bubblesandbeyond.com, which was much less, & both were IDENTICAL in every respect. Once you use Kpangnan Butter you will never use regular shea. www.bubblesandbeyond.com offers a good selection/excellent prices & co-ops. The have other butters not listed so contact customer service. It is a new company & they aim to please. They will send samples with the order if you request them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertal Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thanks to all. Right now I'm only looking to see what butters are best I don't want to run into any problems when I get started making my products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 wow, good prices!christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 The technical name is Kpangnan Butter a/k/s African Tallow a/k/a golden shea. This butter is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from shea butter although people refer to it as golden shea. The scent/texture is wonderful much less greasy & much smoother than shea. I ordered from Agbangkarite--price is outrageous--& www.bubblesandbeyond.com, which was much less, & both were IDENTICAL in every respect. Once you use Kpangnan Butter you will never use regular shea. www.bubblesandbeyond.com offers a good selection/excellent prices & co-ops. The have other butters not listed so contact customer service. It is a new company & they aim to please. They will send samples with the order if you request them.I really dont see their prices as any cheaper. There are co-ops going on all the time and members on this board are easily able to reach the large quantity discount from Agbanga.Bamboula also offers the Yellow stuff which is even lower than Agbanga pricing. I do agree though, the yellow is much better than unrefined shea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 The technical name is Kpangnan Butter a/k/s African Tallow a/k/a golden shea. This butter is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from shea butter although people refer to it as golden shea. The scent/texture is wonderful much less greasy & much smoother than shea. I ordered from Agbangkarite--price is outrageous--& www.bubblesandbeyond.com, which was much less, & both were IDENTICAL in every respect. Once you use Kpangnan Butter you will never use regular shea. www.bubblesandbeyond.com offers a good selection/excellent prices & co-ops. The have other butters not listed so contact customer service. It is a new company & they aim to please. They will send samples with the order if you request them.When I offer co-ops from Agbanga Karite I sell the golden shea, AKA Painya, AKA Kpangan butter for $3.75 a pound. IMO, $7.50 a pound for the Painya butter is very expensive. I'll be running another shea/painya coop in a couple of months, if you're interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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