About buyshea

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buyshea is the shop of East River Foods Trading UK Ltd, a UK company that has been importing shea butter from West Africa for TODO-OWNER years.

We buy raw shea butter from the regions where shea trees grow. It is refined in the Netherlands by a specialist processor, to a consistent cosmetic grade, and then comes to our warehouse in the UK. Every buyshea order is packed and posted from there.

Most of what we import goes to cosmetics makers by the tonne. buyshea makes the same refined butter available in jars for home use and in smaller bulk packs for salons, therapists and small-batch makers.

Some of our customers find us through independent agents, people who use and recommend our shea butter. Read about becoming an agent.

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Last updated 8 November 2026.