Our organic Baobab Oil is hand-processed in Africa, Senegal. The Baobab fruit grows throughout the savannahs of Africa and the baobab tree itself is a bit of an iconic emblem in these regions. The fruit matures during the dry season and drops off the trees when ready. The fruit husks are then gathered and transported to a central processing facility. There, the seeds are extracted from the baobab fruit husk by cracking the hard outer capsule to release them, after which a tumbling machine removes their powder coating and then they are air dried in the hot sun. The Baobab seed oil is then extracted by a large press, or expeller. A cold pressing process of these seeds avoids any heated process which would destroy the valuable properties of the oil. The newly pressed oil is immediately filtered to help clarify the oil, which is then bottled. The baobab oil does not undergo any further refinement or processing and has no additives.