Fat extracted from shea tree nuts, used in chocolate and confectionery as a cocoa butter substitute, and in cosmetics.
Shea Butter has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.
Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)
Found in 306 of 12,858 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.
Regulatory sources: EFSA
Shea Butter is also known as ший, shea, shea oil, shea butter, масло от шеа — these all refer to the same ingredient.
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