Castile soap is a mild soap made from vegetable oils. … Although Castile soap requires lye (potassium hydroxide) as an ingredient in its creation, a process called saponification converts the lye and vegetable oils into a new compound, resulting in a lye-free end product.

Is Kirk's Castile Soap non-toxic?

Kirk’s Fragrance Free Coco Castile Bar Soap is available in all sorts of stores so it is easy to find, it costs just under $2 per bar (drugstore.com has 3 packs for $1.66 a bar and it’s easy to find additional discounts there), it’s made in the USA by a family owned and operated business that began in 1839, and it has …

What chemicals are in Castile Soap?

Authentic castile soap is made of plant oils — coconut, hemp, sunflower seed, jojoba and olive. (Avoid brands with palm oil. That’s devastating forests overseas where orangutans live.) Oils are mixed with an alkali — sodium hydroxide for solid soap and potassium hydroxide for liquid.