The oil is semi-solid at room temperatures, but melts on contact with warm skin, making it appealing for baby creams, suncare balms, hair products, and other moisturizing products.
The dried seed stone is roasted in a drum roaster and the hull is removed mechanically, or manually by beating with wooden clubs.
The pellets are cooled to room temperature in a cooler and are conveyed to the solvent extraction plant.
[citation needed] Mango kernel oil is solid at room temperature with a melting point of (35–43 °C, 95–109 °F).
Mango oil can be used as a substitute for cocoa butter in chocolate manufacturing.