Shea butter
What research says
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Benefit
Fat and antioxidant content3
Shea butter is a fat used in cooking, and studies suggest it may have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity.
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Products
The 6 most-scanned of 2,612 products on Open Food Facts that list shea butter.
- Granola L'Original LU · 200 g e 5 additives
- petit déjeuner miel et pépites de chocolat TOBLERONE · 435 g 5 additives
- AFTER EIGHT Coffret 300g Nestlé · 300 g 3 additives
- Caprice Papadopoulos · 115 g 5 additives
- Prince petit dej Lu · 300 g 5 additives
- lurpak plant based Lurpak · 400 g 0 additives
References
- 1shea butter: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
- 2Shea butter. Wikipedia. Accessed September 26, 2026.
- 3Honfo FG, Akissoe N, Linnemann AR, Soumanou M, Van Boekel MA. Nutritional composition of shea products and chemical properties of shea butter: a review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2014;54(5):673-86. doi:10.1080/10408398.2011.604142