gerrie Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 How many of you freeze your butters? I put my butters in the freezer, and when I need some I just chip off the amount I need and put the rest back in the freezer. This has worked very well for me, but I have decided not to do B&B any longer, so I have these butters sitting in my freezer that I'd like to sell in the classifieds. My question is, they will probably thaw getting from here to there and I don't know what that might to to the quality of them. Any ideas? Not sure of all that I have, but I'm pretty sure I have Babassu, Mango, Golden Shea, Unrefined Shea, Cocoa, and maybe a few others. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 You might want to instead, thaw them at home first. No idea what will happen, but if they are frozen and ship in the heat, I'm betting that at the least, it will get very wet from condensation and possibly ruin them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbla Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 We must have been reading each other's minds, because I logged on right now specifically to ask about freezing butters and oils. I've got several, don't do as much soaping and whatnot with them as the rest of you do, I don't want them to go rancid, so I was wondering if it were safe for them to store them in the freezer. Do many of you do that?Darbla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindanelson Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I keep my shea butter in the freezer. I pull it out the day before I want to use it. Haven't had any problems doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGirl Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Another freezer chick here! Never had a problem with doing that at all. Of course, here in Colorado we get very little condensation on anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Blonde Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I have hempseed and avo butter in my freezer! So far, so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 What about the refrigerator?That is where I keep mine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna4909 Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I would thaw them at home first. The quick change in temp would probably cause condensation and might make them grainy.I don't refridgerate or freeze my butters. They are stored in a cool, dark cabinet. Last week, I was cleaning out the cabinet, and in the back I discovered a couple pounds of unrefined shea and cocoa from a little over 2 years ago. They both still look and smell normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Never tried the freezer, but I keep mine in the fridge. Esp in the summer w/the heat & humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have always stored my butters in the freezer and oils in the fridge.No problems so far. I have some unrefined shea that is probably 2 yrs. old and when I thaw it out it smells and behaves like fresh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 This post might prove how many people read the title only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 This post might prove how many people read the title only. Care to elaborate?How many lbs of butters have you frozen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 This post might prove how many people read the title only. hunh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrie Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 This post might prove how many people read the title only. MM, I did as you suggested. I thawed them in my cool basement first. No condensation at all, they thawed just fine. Plus I'm making sure they are sent Priority and no over the weekend sitting in the PO. Thanks for all who posted. It's always nice to know others do the same thing with the same good results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Care to elaborate?How many lbs of butters have you frozen? Gerrie asked about shipping them too, is what I meant. Calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 How many of you freeze your butters? I put my butters in the freezer, and when I need some I just chip off the amount I need and put the rest back in the freezer. This has worked very well for me, but I have decided not to do B&B any longer, so I have these butters sitting in my freezer that I'd like to sell in the classifieds. My question is, they will probably thaw getting from here to there and I don't know what that might to to the quality of them. Any ideas? Not sure of all that I have, but I'm pretty sure I have Babassu, Mango, Golden Shea, Unrefined Shea, Cocoa, and maybe a few others. TIASorry Jerri, I did in fact read more than the title but didn't answer your question. A few years ago here I think it was Carmen that did a shea butter co-op during the summer.She froze the butter, double bagged it in ziplocks, packed it in peanuts and shipped it out on a Monday ( to avoid sitting in a warehouse )No one reported any problems and mine was still solid when it arrived from Ill to FlThe box was not soggy, the shea was not grainy. I would think that any of the butters would be fine to ship frozen, make sure you double bag and secure and the peanuts help to insulate so use them freely.HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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