How many of you consider if your soap is vegetarian/vegan? Are you happy washing your hands in processed animal fat without evening thinking about it? Has it even occurred to you?
I ask because a large number of vegetarians I know have not even thought about soap (or cosmetics) and things like their hand cream/moisturising creams.
Soap is made using fat and an alkaline. It is another use of another 'waste' product from the mass slaughter of animals and usually comes from the bones being boiled down after everything else has been 'used'. If you can find the ingredients list for the soap you are using, look for something like Sodium Tallowate or just Tallow or tallowate. This is animal fat, pure and simple.
This article makes for a great read. http://gentleworld.org/hidden-animal-fats/
The same applies for washing up liquid, washing powder/tablets/gel for clothes and for your dishwasher. Not to mention toothpaste. Don't get me started on that one...
In this household, all soap is olive oil soap. I just love the smell of it and it reminds me of our time in the Mediterranean a few years ago.
I ask because a large number of vegetarians I know have not even thought about soap (or cosmetics) and things like their hand cream/moisturising creams.
Soap is made using fat and an alkaline. It is another use of another 'waste' product from the mass slaughter of animals and usually comes from the bones being boiled down after everything else has been 'used'. If you can find the ingredients list for the soap you are using, look for something like Sodium Tallowate or just Tallow or tallowate. This is animal fat, pure and simple.
This article makes for a great read. http://gentleworld.org/hidden-animal-fats/
The same applies for washing up liquid, washing powder/tablets/gel for clothes and for your dishwasher. Not to mention toothpaste. Don't get me started on that one...
In this household, all soap is olive oil soap. I just love the smell of it and it reminds me of our time in the Mediterranean a few years ago.