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Some chocolate and similar products contain shea butter or shea oil. For this raw material, there are additional pesticide limits in the EU. However, I could not find any regulation stating that this product can be used as food /vegetable fat. Does anyone have any expertise in this topic?

asked by @yasemin • 9/21/2023

Answers (2)

asked by @admin • 9/21/2023
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Did you check *chocolate and cocoa products* regulations?

@admin • 9/21/2023
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Shea butter is one of the confectionery fats that had compatibility with cocoa butter due to thr presence of symmetrical triglycerides. AFAIK. Shea butter is gathered from the fruit of a tree that grows innthe wild, then why you would worry about pesticide residues when its not a farmer item?

@roy • 9/22/2023