Our Services - Natural Shea Butter Products

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We supply and distribute agricultural and raw organic product for various manufacturing and food processing industries in North America and around the globe.
Our key product is the distribution of very high quality grade A shea butter used mostly as raw material by cosmetics manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies.
Pure Shea Butter can be found in three types of extractions. Also, recently, Shea Butter has begun to be graded.

Raw or unrefined- extracted using water. The color ranges from like cream (similar to whipped butter) to grayish yellow. This is the original form of Shea Butter.
Refined- is more highly processed. Has many of its natural components still intact.
Highly refined or processed- solvents are used to increase the yield (hexane is an example). The color is pure white.

Shea Butter nourishes the skin with Vitamins A, E and F. Vitamins A and E help maintain the skin and keep it clear and healthy. They are particularly helpful for sun damaged skin. They help prevent premature wrinkles and facial lines. Vitamin F acts as a skin protector and rejuvenator. It soothes rough, dry or chapped skin and helps soften dry or damaged hair.
Shea Butter is high in nsaponifiables (a type of fat). Shea Butter has between 7-12% unsaponifiables. For comparison, avocado oil, a well known skin conditioner, has between 2-6%. This high level of unsaponifiables is one of the properties that make Shea Butter so invaluable in treating the conditions listed above. Also, Shea Butter easily penetrates the skin allowing the skin to breathe and not clogging pores. Shea Butter has a high level of cinnamic

acid, a natural sun screen. So, it provides some degree of protection from the sun. Shea Butter is also anti-inflammatory making it useful in treating rheumatis.

While we make no medical claims about our Shea Butter, we do have anecdotal evidence that it is very useful in treating minor skin conditions. We have had several customers who have used Shea Butter for eczema and/or psoriasis and told us it works as well as steroids at a fraction of the cost and without the side effects. We have a customer with an allergy to the sun. When she began using our Nubian Heritage Shea Butter lotion (not even pure Shea Butter), she accidentally discovered that it prevented the rash she normally would get from even a small amount of exposure to the sun.

JIMEST LLC is also a major importer of raw Nigerian foods such as YAM TUBERS, YAM FLOURS, BEANS, BEANS FLOUR, GARI IJEBU, FUFU, PLANTAIN FLOUR, MELON, SMOKED FISH, CRAYFISH, OGBONO, AFRICAN SEASONS, CAYENE PEPPER, STOCKED FISH, ELUBO ETC.

These foods are distributed in their natural states without unnecessary preservatives and chemicals. Jimest LLc handles wholesale distributions to african malls and foodshops all over north america.