With the BergaCare SB range, Hamburg oleo-chemical company Berg+Schmidt offers refined and unrefined shea butter for the cosmetic and food industry.
During the summer months shea butter as a raw material is scarce, since ripening of the West African shea nut lasts into the summer and harvesting is possible only from May to September. Towards the end of the season users who do not plan ahead often have to make do with lower quality at higher prices. In order to offer its customers a high quality product year-round, Berg+Schmidt has long worked with a reliable network. The company cultivates these relationships on site and so benefits directly from traditional production in the sub-Sahel zone.
The antioxidant quality of shea butter depends to a great degree on its unsaponifiable components, which BergaCare SB contains in particularly high concentration - at least 5 %, three times higher than mango butter and sesame oil. These components include disinfectant terpineols and cinnamates, and phytosterols that assist in cell regeneration. BergaCare SB also contains stearic and oleic acids, two longchain fatty acids widely used in the cosmetics industry for their anti-inflammatory and moisturising effects. Its good skin tolerance and care properties make shea butter a versatile natural product that is in demand by consumers.
