About Vermont Soap Organics
Vermont
Soap Organics knows
a lot about saponification. What is saponification, you
ask? No, it’s not just a funny word: it is the process
of turning oils—the stuff that makes you greasy—into
soap—the stuff that makes you clean. Sounds simple
enough, right? Well there is more to soap
than meets the eye. Did you know that, in reality, soap
is a foaming salt? Indeed, soap has crystalline
qualities, which means that boiling soap together with
sugars and alcohol makes it as transparent as a window.
You see, when you combine an acid and a base, they
neutralize each other, and what results is a salt. Soap,
therefore, is the product of acidic oils and alkaline
solution. The process is not unlike the hallowed scales
of justice: if you want the ultimate bar of soap, then
oil and alkali must reach equilibrium.
The remaining unsaponified oils are
referred to as free fatty acids. They enhance the
moisturizing qualities associated with
high caliber soaps; however, too many
free fatty acids mean that the soap will not lather and
won’t keep for long on the shelf. Extra alkali (free
alkali) can irritate sensitive skin. In fact, it is
estimated that 25% of people suffer from the harsh,
drying effects of free alkali in normal soaps. At
Vermont Soap Organics, we include
just the right amount of oil and
absolutely no appreciable free alkali. This
makes for a mild yet effective soap.
Now you can buy all-natural Vermont Soap
at great prices.
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