what is the difference between a refined butter and a unrefined
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A refined butter is treated to remove more "impurities".The title of this product claims "raw" but I do not believe that is really the case for the extremely grainy product I received.
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I look for unrefined in all the butters that I use because it is processed less. As I understand it, and I an not an expert, heating destroys some of the vitamins that are in the butters. It also changes the smell. I have never found the smell of any of the butters offensive.
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Unrefined is in it's natural state. refined it's been processed with other things.
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Refined means that the product has been altered using dye and perfumes or any other chemicals. Unrefined is the products purest state without any chemical added. All natural
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Coconut oil and coconut butter is not the same thing. Coconut butter is the meat of the coconut ground up. It has a different texture.
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Oh its refined "carefully" refined according to full description. I love the unrefined and I am almost out of it. I dont buy anything refined, Im good
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WHITE shea butter is refined. Unrefined colors vary from the different shades of Ivory, cream, slight green and light yellow. It's like when you go get "off-white" paint at Home Depot - under the light or on your wall you can probably see there are different shades, but these are all in the same family of cream/off-white/ivory. I hope this makes sense.The brighter yellow version from Better Shea Butter is unrefined Ivory with an African root added in the process (there are more details under the Yellow Shea Butter description that explain the yellow).
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It is unrefined from what I know, I would not have got a refined one either
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The color of unrefined Shea Butter depends on the Shea Nut itself. The color can vary from off-white/beige to medium yellow. I also found the 2 videos below that might be helpful.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdOS0GsVC9Qhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbDlBcuX5Jc
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It does not say but I would say refined because there is also added vitamin E
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It is "unrefined" which is to say it hasn't been processed in any way in my understanding. You can use it like you would a cooking oil or like in my case, I mix it in with foods I feed to my parrots! It doesn't have to be heated up but sometimes it gets kind of solid when it is cold in your house so heating it slightly can make it easier to use. Hope this helps answer your question.
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I don't know the method, but I did read that refined shea butter ultimately has little to no health value. Get unrefined if possible. I wish I knew that before buying this.
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Hi Michelle. To answer your question, Yes our Shea butter is 100% unrefined grade A Ivory Shea butter. Please feel free to ask any further questions, we are more than happy to help you. Chemekx
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Oil is a liquid, Butter & Margarine are solids. Are they the same equivalent, NO they are not. I've used Butter Crisco with very good results instead of butter. However, Butter is healthier than margarine and Crisco. I bake daily, I love using this machine but I eat low fat. I would never use vegetable oil in place of a solid, even when the recipe say's soft butter or margarine. Vegetable oil is extremely high if fat content.
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I just tasted mine. It does have a slightly bitter flavor straight from the bottle. As Jan has stated, such is the case with any extract. This product makes the most luxuriously flavored butter creams and fillings imaginable. Use slightly less than recommended for unbaked items than you would for cookies and cakes.
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It might be the recipe you are using, meaning if there is too much butter in it and it hasn't been chilled the butter goes right to the top of the mix and changes the consistency very quickly.
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It is refined meaning that many health benefits are removed during that process: http://healthglut.blogspot.com/p/difference-between-refined-and.html
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I can't answer for the strawberry flavor, specifically, as I no longer have it, but assuming it's the same as the chocolate peanut butter, the container makes no mention of the words "un-denatured."
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It's just the paste, nothing else. I often put in half the butter, or sometimes just a little oil, and the difference in taste is negligible.
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I find that it's really important to be at around 72 degrees to work properly. I don't always get butter milk when finished and your final product "butter" will resemble very thick whipped cream until it is refrigerated.