Quality soap-making consists in great part in choosing the right
proportions of the right oils with their different fatty acids. Most
commercial soaps skimp on quality because of cost, and use lots of
tallow from beef fat with a little bit of coconut or palm kernel oil.
These unsurpassed soaps use olive, hemp, and palm oils instead of
tallow, and use three to four times more coconut oil than commercial
soaps. Saponified coconut oil generates high-lather cleansing even in
hard water.
Dr. Bronner's makes a higher quality soap in other ways as well. The
natural glycerine is retained it in the soap for its superb moisturizing
qualities, and the soap is super-fatted with olive fatty acid, which
both ensures that there is no free alkali, and lowers the pH, making a
milder, smoother lather. Rosemary extract and plant-derived vitamin
antioxidants to protect freshness (the rosemary is effective at 0.005%,
so it contributes absolutely no scent). There are no chelating agents,
dyes, whiteners, or synthetic fragrances.
100% pure high quality essential oils are used. Liquid soaps are so
concentrated that they are only a few percent away from being a solid,
which ecologically saves on packaging materials. They are a superb
value, costing less than less-concentrated inferior detergent body-wash
"liquid soaps." Popular for at-home washing, but they also are the
choice when camping and hiking, as these soaps are so biodegradable and
nature-friendly. |
