Soap
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Made from
- Palm Oil
- Cottonseed
- Coconut Oil
- Olive Oil
- Whale Oil
- Flaxseed Oil
- Castor Oil
- Tallow
- Lard
- Paraffin Wax
- Caustic Soda
- Barilla
- Potash
- Soda Ash
Industries
- East London Soap Works
- Price's Patent Candle Factory
- Royal Primrose Soap Works
- Soap, Candle and Related Fat Based Industires
- Thames Soap & Candle Works
Description
Soap is made through a process called saponification: boiling oils or fats with an alkali, which produces the soap and glycerine. Manufacturers used animal waste (such as the fat, bones, or hooves) or vegetable oils and some form of lye (ashes, potash, caustic soda) to create soap.
Soap 1568
Soap Hard 1742
Soap and Soap Powder 911