Soapnuts (also called soap berries) aren’t particularly toxic to humans, but they also aren’t particularly edible, either. If you eat them, your tummy will hurt.

Are soap berries safe?

Using Soapberries for baby clothes, bedding and nappies is safe and using them as a bath wash is also gentle and effective. Many people have used soapberries to wash not only their clothes, but by using the shampoo/body wash recipe, have noticed their skin conditions improve or disappear completely.

What plant do soap nuts come from?

Soap nuts are actually the dried shells (or husks) from the soapberry nut, which come from the Sapindus mukorossi tree—a unique species of trees found in both the eastern and western hemispheres, but native to the tropical conditions of India and Nepal.