Solidity Trade has released it’s Fall 2009 informational brochure containing important information about or Organic Unrefined Shea Butter, including our pricing and certification. Please feel free to click on the following link to take a look at our brochure: ST Brochure Fall 2009 Organic Unrefined Shea Butter
“Bringing new solutions to old problems in the shea butter industry market.”
Last August, some new tests have been conducted with the ASBI to track the quality of the unrefined shea butter we’ve imported from the Shea Butter Village in Tamale. Solidity Trade has been striving to make sure that the quality will improve or remain consistent over time.
The test release shows that the unrefined shea butter that we have imported on our second container has been graded B. Please feel free to click on the following link to take a look at our certification: August 2009 ASBI Shea Butter Certificate
The Solidity Trade team is proud to announce that we have successfully received organic certification of our Shea Butter Village, inspected and issued by the ECOCERT organic inspection company. This excellent news will enable us to bring more opportutnities to the cooperative in Tamale, Northern Ghana. As the financial sponsor of the Shea Butter Village, Solidity Trade is continuing to pursue a strong partnership with SEKAF Ghana, which has been responsible for the supervision of the organic certification and are is now aiming for the next milestone: Fair Trade Certification.
Over the past year, we’ve witnessed a strong call for organic-oriented produce from the market and possessing such a certification will help ensure the quality, transparence, and traceability of our products to our buyers. Unrefined shea butter is a great product that is gaining increased recognition across the globe. This certification will certainly spur the growth of the Shea Butter Village cooperative and enable us to create hundreds more jobs in that region over the course of the next few months.
To download our organic certificate, please click here.
Earlier this month, Solidity Trade Co-Founders Lam Tran and Fabien Nervais met with Dr. Hunter from the American Shea Butter Institute (ASBI) in Atlanta to obtain the results of a Shea Butter quality assessment offered by the organization.
During grade analysis, a number of tests are performed to determine the level of important ingredients and various other measures to assess quality. The Shea butter is then graded and scored based on these results. Solidity Trade’s first container of Shea Butter achieved Grade B certification and scored “excellent” in 30 of the 33 metrics used during the testing process. Solidity Trade and its affiliated partners are dedicated to continually improving quality and look forward to further working with ASBI to test and certify our Shea butter. To view and download a copy of the report please click the following link: May 2009 ASBI Certificate
