
Shea Terra’s pomegranate oil originates from Egypt, grown along the Nile river the way it has been since hundreds of years ago. It is cold pressed from the seed along with the flesh without refinement. Thus, giving our virgin quality pomegranate oil a lovely pink color & naturally sweet fruity scent. Commercialized pomegranate oil is often extracted chemically via hexane because it’s quicker, inexpensive & able to extract more oils compared to the traditional cold pressed method.
But that chemical extraction will leave some hexane residues in the oil, which could be harmful instead. Another popular method of extraction is the CO2 method. It’s a process that uses highly pressurized carbon dioxide to extract the oil but the some of the beneficial nutrients in the pomegranate oil may diminish due to the high pressure. Hence, cold pressed method is the ideal method of extraction so far that can retain all of its original nutrients.

