American Shea Butter Institute

Shea Handbook
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The American Shea Butter Institute's Handbook is the most comprehensive document on shea butter now available. Many important topics on shea butter are discussed in detail. The Handbook provides the reader a very clear understanding of shea butter. Hard to find answers about shea butter are available in the Handbook. Review the Handbook table of contents and the Handbook sub-topics to get a preview on the value of Handbook. The Handbook was written by Dr. Hunter, Executive Director of the Institute. This Handbook is a must for anyone who buys, sells or uses Shea Butter.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Samuel Hunter is a physician with a specialty in Internal Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School , and holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois . He studied further as a Post-Doctoral fellow at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Before entering the practice of medicine, he was an assistant professor of Biochemistry at Rutgers University . For past seven years Dr. Hunter has studied shea butter extensively, both in the laboratory and clinically. He has traveled to over a dozen countries in Africa where he has studied the processing of shea butter by various methods. His most significant contribution to the industry was the discovery that the cinnamic acid content was a reliable indicator of the quality of a given batch of shea butter. In the U.S. , Dr. Hunter is the foremost expert on the clinical usefulness of shea butter. He serves as consultant to companies and groups in both private and public sectors. Dr. Hunter is one of the founding members of the International Shea Butter Association. As the main speaker at The American Shea Butter Institute's Shea Butter Workshop, he shares rare and valuable information on shea butter.


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