Q. How are bath soaps made?

Answer

Bath soaps including bar soaps are manufactured by mixing an alkali with oil in a process called saponification. The oils used in soap making have most of the impact in deciding the characteristics of the soap. These oils can be natural oils or vegetable oils like palm oil, rice bran oil, ground nut oil, castor oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, etc. Types of bar soaps are decided not only by these oils but also by the treatment given to these oils during the process of soap manufacturing