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and is even anti-oxidative. CO2 extraction, as a very gentle process, is well suited to sensitive speciality oils with a low fat content. Thus the mango butter needs neither post treatment nor refining, and all of the heat sensitive ingredients are retained. The multi-talented mango In Burkina Faso the mangos are picked at their optimum stage of ripeness and are post-ripened by the processors in order that they can be immediately processed at an absolute perfect ripeness and a full aroma. 300 bio-mango growers have been with the BurkiNature organisation for 10 years. As a by-product there is a surplus of dried mango kernel. Using this basic ingredient of the mango butter there are only four specially selected processing plants where the perfect kernels are picked out. They are immediately gently dried in order to retain all of the positive features for the end product and to avoid any risk of contamination. Groups of women around the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in the South West of Burkina Faso support the farmers, who generally work on subsistence land, by carefully saving the mango kernels and using them to create small works of art. Using the kernel as a new product, which had previously no real use, has created additional work and source of income. Working together like this, the groups of women are able to take part in international trade. This type of organisation is also having a positive impact in stopping the flight to the cities, which was formerly seen as the only escape from poverty. Although migration to the cities was mainly something done by men, today we can see large numbers of young women and girls who have been obliged to seek a housemaid’s job in the city. Training courses are an important part of the corporate culture in Burkina Faso but in many country areas over 90% of the people cannot read or write. A literature list and further information on mango butter, as well as a podcast, can be found on the Internet (see Internet panel) Maria Kaiser Consultant, Kaiserqualität agency for plant-based raw materials Stuttgart, Germany kaiser@kaiserqualitaet.de www.aot.de PROCESSES AND PACKAGING LEADING TRADE FAIR DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY 08 –14 MAY2014 C0SMETICS.INTERPACK.COM FOR COSMETICS PRODUCERS ELIXIR Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Postfach 101006 _ 40001 Düsseldorf _ Germany Tel. +49(0)211/45 60-01 _ Fax +49(0)211/45 60-6 68 www.messe-duesseldorf.de Biologically produced mango butter does not need any post treatment or refining. All of the heat sensitive ingredients are retained photo:AOT COS1402_18_AOT_GB_COS1306_26_Dambacher_D 17.01.14 08:25 Seite 19

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