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About Guru Nanak Oil
Mills
Shea Butter Uganda - is a butter obtained
from the nuts of shea nut trees.Shea Nut tree is known as ‘moo-yahoo tree’ in
the local language.Shea Butter and Shea butter oil is locally known as ‘moo-
yahoo’.It is also called Karite Butter or African Shea Nut Butter, but in
Uganda and southern Sudan it is well known by the name ‘ mo -yahoo’.
‘Moo-yahoo tree’ (Shea nut trees) are grown naturally in Uganda and is
considered as God’s gift to Uganda. Shea nut trees found in Uganda, African
savannah, gives up fruits once in a year. Shea nut trees start bearing fruit
after 15 to 20 years in the beginning and continue to do so every year for
the rest of its life span. The average life of the Shea nut tree is more than
300 years and that is why it is considered as God’s Gift to UGANDA and Africa
at large. In other words it is NATURE’S GIFT TO UGANDA AND UGANDA’S GIFT TO
THE WORLD. Shea nut tree is a deciduous tree, about 10 to 15 meters in
height; it has white flowers at cluster at the end of the shoots, about one
meter long. The tree is encased in barriers, which fall to the ground, and
nuts are collected and further processed to make Shea butter in Uganda. GURU
NANAK OIL MILLS is the only factory manufacturing Shea butter in East Africa.
Shea nuts are cleaned, washed, dried in sunshine and are processed in our
factory at Lira to produce natural Shea butter. We further add values in it
by producing - 1 Shea olein 2 Shea stearin Shea olein is liquid at room
temperature and is consumed as cooking oil in domestic market, where as Shea
stearin is semi solid fat at room temperature is known as SHEA BUTTER UGANDA,
-a very high value product. The production process is 100% free from any kind
of chemical treatment . It is a pure , natural and hygienic way of
production. That is why the name 100% PURE SHEA BUTTER UGANDA. |
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