TrueBody Soap
TrueBody Soap is an all-natural, basic, everyday bar of soap.
- It’s unscented—which means there’s no added ingredient to mask any naturally occurring scent. In fact, there are only five ingredients—Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Vegetable Glycerine and Sodium Citrate—so it’s great for those who are sensitive to fragrance or other chemicals.
- Plus, it makes a great lather and lasts a long time.
- And, it comes in a 3-pack to provide better value while minimizing packaging.
Our Ingredients
Unlike many conventional bath/beauty bars, TrueBody Soap is made without animal by-products, synthetic ingredients or chemical preservatives. In fact, due to a revolutionary process, TrueBody 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium palmate (Palm oil) |
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. |
| Sodium cocoate (Coconut oil) |
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. |
| 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. |
FAQs
Are your coconut oil and palm oil from sustainable sources?
Coconut oil is a highly sustainable resource and does not hold the environmental threat that palm oil poses. The huge demand for palm oil for biodiesel production is driving the massive clear-cutting of rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia to set up palm oil plantations. And while our formula does include a small amount of palm oil, it is sourced from members of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil.
Is there caustic lye (sodium hydroxide) in your soap?
Lye (sodium hydroxide) is used in the saponification process and there is absolutely no trace of it left in the finished product.
Does it really have no scent?
There is no added fragrance and no masking agent added to hide any scent. Most people tell us they don’t smell a thing.
Does it come in other scents?
No—but we do also make TrueBody Facial Soap, which is rich in emollients and anti-oxidants to moisturize, soothe and soften.
Is it good for people with sensitive skin?
Its pH is around 9, making it somewhat alkaline. So if you have extremely sensitive skin, eczema, or another skin condition, it might leave your skin feeling tingly or tight.
Do you make it yourself (home/hand made)?
We wanted to make this in large enough quantities to reach many people so it’s made at Twincraft, a world-class contract manufacturer in Winooski, Vermont. Using mass production techniques also helps us keep costs down.
Is this a glycerine soap?
Glycerine is a natural by-product of the soap-making process. Like many natural soaps, we leave the glycerine in our soap because it adds moisturization properties. Many conventional, mass-produced soaps strip out the glycerine and sell it off for a profit. It is possible to make soap of glycerine alone but these tend to be very water soluble (i.e. don’t last very long). The glycerine content of TrueBody Soap is only about 5-6% of the total product.