What Are Commercial Soaps?

Generally, when one speaks of commercial soap one is referring to soap made in big quantity (i.e. 100,000 kilogram or more) in a mechanized process where the glycerin is removed and fillers and sometimes synthetic detergents added. Often a commercial soap manufacturing plant has facilities for refining oils, recovering and purifying glycerin (which is then sold separately) and producing soap in various final forms. Commercially made soap usually contains detergents, fillers, chemicals, petroleum, high animal fat content, and irritants. While commercially manufactured soap usually costs less, the impact on your skin and the environment is less than desirable. Commercially made soap tends to be less eco friendly because they are produced in mechanical factories. Most commercial soaps are not soaps at all, they are actually detergent bars which usually use a synthetic detergent such as sodium lauryl sulfate as the main soap ingredient