True Body Soap
Our Ingredients
Unlike many conventional bath/beauty bars, True Body Soap is made without animal by-products, synthetic ingredients or chemical preservatives. In fact, due to a revolutionary process, True Body Soap is one of the first bar soaps on the market that is vegetable-based and entirely free of EDTA, chelates or any other type of synthetic preservative. (Due to the necessary use of fat or oil to create soap, all bar soaps, even organic ones, currently contain some type of preservative to keep the fat/oil from going rancid over time.)
Other soaps contain many of these ingredients.
- Chromium trihydroxide
- Pentasodium pentetate
- Palm oil
- Disodium phosphate
- Fragrance(s)/perfume(s)
- PEG-6 methyl ether
- Lauric acid
- Sodium stearate
- Magnesium cocoate
- Magnesium laurate
- Magnesium tallowate
- Paraffin
- Potassium chloride
- Potassium lauryl sulfate
- Coconut oil
- Sodium cocoglyceryl ether sulfonate
- Sodium cocoyl isethionate
- Sodium citrate
- Magnesium stearate
- Sodium isethionate
- Sodium laurate
- Potassium sulfate
- Sodium silicate
- Sodium sulfate
- Sodium tallowate
- Stearic acid
- Tetrasodium EDTA
- Tetrasodium etidronate
- Titanium dioxide
- Water
- Triclocarban
- Triclosan
- Trisodium EDTA
- Trisodium etidronate
- PEG-90M
- Vegetable glycerine
- 2,6-Di-t-butyl-p-cresol (BHT)
Our soap has only 5 ingredients.
| Ingredient | Purpose | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut Oil (sodium cocoate) |
Excellent cleanser that yields a nice, rich lather. Contains anti-oxidants that help to heal skin and provide protection against free radicals. | From kernels of the seeds of coconut, Cocos nucifera. Coconut oil is a highly sustainable resource. |
| Palm Oil (sodium palmate) |
A gentle skin cleanser. Used as a hardener for vegetable oil soaps. | From outer fibrous pulp of the fruit of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis. Sourced from members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. |
| Water | Used for dissolving lye (sodium hydroxide) before adding to oils in saponification process. | A natural by-product of the soap making process. The saponification of oils yields about 30% water. |
| Vegetable Glycerine | A natural humectant, long used as a skin beautifier, pulls water from the air and binds it to the skin, and is also an emollient. | A natural by-product of the soap making process. Many commercial soaps remove the natural glycerine by a chemical separation process and sell it for use in other products. |
| Sodium Citrate (citric acid) |
Has astringent and anti-inflammatory properties and acts as a stabilizer and natural preservative. | From citric acid. |
