Potassium HydroxideUpdated a month ago

Category: Saponifier/pH Adjuster 
Sourced from: The electrolysis of KCl in presence of porous diaphragm
Country of Origin: USA
Certified to: Nothing yet! 

Potassium hydroxide is an alkali that reacts with a vegetable oil to make our liquid soaps.

Our certified organic oils (palm, coconut, or olive) are reacted with equal amounts of alkali (sodium hydroxide, NaOH; or potassium hydroxide, KOH) to turn these oils into sodium or potassium salt; this reacted end product is known as soap, and the process is called saponification. 

One unit of oil + one unit of alkali = SOAP, and therefore there is no free oil or alkali left over in the finished product (i.e., soap). 

When the saponification process has ended, our finished product (soap) is analyzed to ensure that the product is completely neutralized and that there is no free (unreacted) alkali or oil left over.

Found in: Pure-Castile Liquid Soap, Organic Sugar Soap, Organic Shaving Soap, Organic Hair Rinse