Unrefined shea
Grade A, filtered
- Acid value
- 3.0–6.0 mg KOH/g
- Peroxide value
- ≤ 10 meq O2/kg
- Colour
- Ivory to pale yellow
- Moisture
- ≤ 0.05 %
- Typical use
- Balms, soap, raw-material resale
- MOQ
- 500 kg
Oriola Oils Est. 2009 · Lagos, Nigeria · Export worldwide
Cold-pressed shea & botanical oils for private label and wholesale.
We press below 45 °C, filter to five microns and fill into 25 kg pails, 190 kg drums and IBCs at our plant in Lagos, Nigeria.
- SON
- NAFDAC-ready
- ISO 22716
- SGS tested
- Heavy-metal screened
- Cold-pressed
- Export packing
01 — What we make
Six families of oil, pressed and packed to order
Everything below is produced in-house from raw kernel or nut. We hold stock of the fast-moving grades and press to order for volumes above five tonnes.
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Shea butter
Unrefined and refined butter from Nigerian Vitellaria paradoxa kernels, pressed and hand-whipped to a stable grain.
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Shea oil
The olein fraction of shea, kept liquid at room temperature and polished to a clear, low-odour oil.
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Coconut oil
Virgin coconut oil cold-pressed from fresh kernel, neither bleached nor deodorised, with the natural scent intact.
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Black seed oil
Cold-pressed Nigella sativa, pressed in small lots and filtered twice to hold colour and aroma steady between batches.
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Palm kernel oil
Cold-pressed and RBD palm kernel oil from kernels sourced in Edo and Cross River States, supplied on a lauric specification.
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Custom blends
Two to six components blended to your formulation card, with a retained reference sample held for every production lot.
02 — The oil itself
Three grades, three specifications
Grade is a commercial decision before it is a technical one. Unrefined carries scent, colour and a higher free fatty acid load; refined gives you a neutral, colour-safe base. We supply both, plus anything you specify in between.
Refined cosmetic-grade
RBD, deodorised
- Acid value
- ≤ 0.6 mg KOH/g
- Peroxide value
- ≤ 2.0 meq O2/kg
- Colour
- White, Lovibond ≤ 1.5R / 10Y
- Odour
- Neutral
- Typical use
- White creams, lotions, colour-sensitive bases
- MOQ
- 1,000 kg
Custom blends
Built to your card
- Acid value
- To specification, typically ≤ 1.0 mg KOH/g
- Composition
- 2–6 components
- Colour
- Matched to your reference sample
- Stability
- 90-day accelerated check before release
- Typical use
- Brand-specific body and hair oils
- MOQ
- 300 kg after sign-off
03 — Catalogue
Current export list
Prices are quoted per kilogram against a live indication, FOB Lagos. Mixed pallets are possible across two grades above 1,000 kg total.
Showing all 10 items
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Best seller
Unrefined Shea Butter — Grade A
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Drum
Unrefined Shea Butter — Bulk
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Refined Shea Butter — Cosmetic
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Shea Oil — Fractionated Olein
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Private label
Whipped Shea Butter — Retail Fill
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Best seller
Virgin Coconut Oil — Cold-pressed
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Black Seed Oil — Nigella sativa
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Drum
Palm Kernel Oil — Cold-pressed
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Private label
Body Oil Base — Custom Blend
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Private label
Hair & Scalp Blend — Custom
No items in this family right now. Tell us what you need and we will press it — send an inquiry.
04 — How it is made
From kernel to container in seven steps
Nothing here is outsourced. Intake, pressing, filtration, filling and stuffing all happen on the same site, which is why we can hold a specification lot after lot.
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Sourcing
Kernels and nuts are bought through cooperatives in Niger, Kwara and Oyo States. Every intake lot is weighed, logged against its supplier and sampled for moisture; anything above 8 % is rejected at the gate.
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Sorting & cracking
Nuts are hand-sorted for mould and foreign matter, then mechanically cracked and winnowed. Kernel yield per lot is recorded so supplier performance is visible over a season.
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Cold pressing
Screw presses run below 45 °C so tocopherols, unsaponifiables and the natural scent survive the press. No hexane, no chemical extraction, no post-press heating of unrefined grades.
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Filtering
Crude oil settles for 24 to 48 hours, then passes a plate-and-frame filter at 5 microns. Clear liquid grades take a second 1-micron polish before they go to the holding tank.
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Quality control
Our on-site laboratory checks acid value, peroxide value, moisture and organoleptics on every batch before release. Heavy metals and microbiological panels go to an accredited third-party laboratory on a scheduled basis.
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Filling
Butters are filled warm and left to set overnight; liquid oils are filled cold and nitrogen-flushed on request. Each unit is lot-coded, tamper-sealed and weight-verified on the line.
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Export packing
Four drums or twenty-four pails to a pallet, stretch-wrapped with corner boards and a desiccant bag. Containers are stuffed on site and trucked to Apapa or Tin Can Island for FOB Lagos.
05 — The plant
One base in Lagos, close to the export terminals
12 Adeola Odeku Street, Lagos, Lagos State, 101233, Nigeria. Built out in stages since 2009 and running two shifts through the dry season.
- Annual pressing capacity
- 2,400tonnes
- Cold-press lines
- 6presses
- People on site
- 74staff
- Export markets served
- 22countries
- 3,800 m² under roof on a 1.1-hectare fenced site, with a separate intake yard and weighbridge.
- Six screw presses and two filling lines — a pail line rated at 1,200 units per shift, plus a drum and IBC line.
- On-site QC laboratory running acid value, peroxide value, moisture and organoleptic checks on every batch.
- 480 pallet positions in ambient storage, kept dark and below 25 °C, with retained samples for 24 months.
- 500 kVA standby generation and a treated-water loop, so pressing does not stop when the grid does.
- Containers stuffed on site and trucked to Apapa or Tin Can Island, roughly 45 minutes away.
06 — OEM & ODM
Bring us a brief, leave with a filled pallet
Most private-label programmes start with a 5 kg pilot and a formulation card. From there the path is short: sample, sign-off, artwork, fill.
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7–10 days to sample
Custom blend development
You send a target — a competitor sample, a viscosity, a scent profile or a full formulation card. Our technologist works two or three iterations and returns 250 g laboratory samples with the composition sheet.
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10–14 days to dieline
Packaging & dielines
Jars, tubs, bottles, pails and drums sourced locally or to your nominated supplier. We return print-ready dielines with fill lines, label panels and the mandatory declarations already positioned.
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3–4 weeks from artwork sign-off
Private label filling
Filling into your containers or ours, labels applied in-house, lot codes and best-before dates printed on the line. From 300 kg per SKU, or 3,000 units for retail formats.
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Issued within 48 hours of loading
Export documentation
Commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of analysis, certificate of origin and phytosanitary paperwork where the destination requires it. Our forwarder handles the Nigerian export formalities.
07 — Compliance & quality
Tested at the batch, not at the year
Certificates of analysis travel with every lot. Current test reports and the standards we work to are available on request — ask and we will send the file for the exact grade you are buying.
What we test on every production lot
- Free fatty acid / acid value — titration against the grade specification, in-house.
- Peroxide value — oxidation state at fill and again at the 12-month retain.
- Moisture & volatile matter — oven loss, with insoluble impurities recorded alongside.
- Heavy metals — lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, screened by an accredited third-party laboratory.
- Microbiological panel — total plate count, yeast and mould, E. coli, Salmonella, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa.
- Organoleptic — colour, odour, texture and grain, checked against the retained reference.
- Physical constants — refractive index and slip melting point for butters and fractions.
Standards we work to
- SONStandards Organisation of Nigeria — product standards for edible and cosmetic oils
- NAFDACFacility and documentation prepared to NAFDAC requirements for regulated exports
- ISO 22716Good Manufacturing Practice for cosmetics — our production and hygiene procedures follow it
- ISO 9001Quality management principles applied to batch records, traceability and complaint handling
- SGSThird-party verification and pre-shipment inspection arranged on request
- EC 1223/2009EU cosmetic regulation — ingredient data supplied in the format your responsible person needs
- OrganicCertified organic lots available where the supplying cooperative holds current certification
- Pb / Cd / AsHeavy-metal screening to California Proposition 65-style thresholds for US-bound goods
We reference standards generically. Certificates, scopes and current test reports are issued per lot, on request, for the specific goods being purchased.
08 — Markets
Where the 2025 tonnage went
Share of shipped volume by destination region. Europe and North America take most of the refined and private-label work; regional buyers take the bulk drums.
09 — FAQ
Questions buyers ask first
If the answer you need is not here, write to sales@oriolaoils.com and you will hear back within one working day.
500 kg for most stocked grades, 1,000 kg for refined cosmetic-grade shea, and 300 kg for a custom blend once the sample is signed off. Retail-format private label starts at 3,000 units per SKU. Mixed pallets across two grades are possible above 1,000 kg total.
Stocked grades ship 7–12 working days from cleared deposit. Pressed-to-order volumes take 3–4 weeks. Custom blends run 3–4 weeks from approved sample, and private-label programmes 3–4 weeks from artwork sign-off. Between November and January, add roughly a week — that is peak shea season and the presses are full.
Yes. Laboratory samples of 100 g to 500 g are free; you cover the courier. Pilot samples of 5 kg are charged at cost and credited against your first order above 500 kg. Samples leave the plant 2–4 working days after we agree the specification, with the certificate of analysis in the box.
30 % deposit on order confirmation and 70 % against a copy of the bill of lading. Bank transfer in USD or EUR. For orders above USD 50,000 we also work against an irrevocable letter of credit at sight. Repeat buyers can move to open terms after three settled shipments.
FOB Lagos is our standard, loading through Apapa or Tin Can Island. CIF and DDP are quoted on request through our nominated forwarder. Orders below 300 kg and all samples go by air. Full container loads take 20' or 40' dry boxes; part loads are consolidated at the groupage warehouse in Apapa.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. We fill into your containers or ours, apply your labels in-house and print lot codes and best-before dates on the line. Send artwork and we will check it against our dielines and the declarations your destination market requires. From 300 kg per bulk SKU or 3,000 units for retail formats.
In sealed original packaging, stored below 25 °C and away from light: unrefined and refined shea butter 24 months, virgin coconut oil 24 months, palm kernel oil 18 months, black seed oil 12 months. Custom blends carry the shelf life of their shortest-lived component. Every batch has a retained sample held here for 24 months.
Commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of analysis for each lot, certificate of origin, safety data sheet and the bill of lading. Phytosanitary certificates and fumigation certificates are added where the destination requires them, and the Nigerian export formalities are filed by our forwarder before loading. Tell us at order stage if your customs broker needs anything in a particular format.
10 — Contact
Tell us what you need pressed
Send the grade, the volume and the destination port. We come back with a specification sheet, a price per kilogram and a realistic ship date — usually within one working day.
- sales@oriolaoils.com
- +234 (808) 153 11 49
- 12 Adeola Odeku Street, Lagos, Lagos State, 101233, Nigeria
- Follow on X @OriolaOilsNG
Enquiries are answered Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00 WAT (UTC+1).
Inquiry received
Thank you. Your inquiry is with the sales desk in Lagos and you will have a reply within one working day.