i am vegetarian and i certainly dont want to have a shower with a soap that was made from an animal!do you know if all soaps are made from animal fats?hope you answer me with honesty and without insulting me.
thanks
2007-09-26 05:05:23 · 11 answers · asked by y m 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
well i would like to know where can i find those soaps.i am from cyprus .in the igredients what is that that shows that there are animals fats?
2007-09-27 07:01:13 · update #1
Method soaps are vegan, if you can find them. Dr. Bronner's are as well. Make sure the soaps say "vegetable glycerin(e)" because just "glycerin(e)" generally means animal fat unless otherwise indicated. Many soaps now have No Animal Ingredients and Not Tested on Animals on the package so there's not really a need to scan ingredients. I second the suggestion to go to a place like Whole Foods that has a large selection of soaps. The cheapest vegetable soaps I've found are actually about as expensive as the cheapest animal fat soaps, but many of the other vegetable soaps are super-expensive, not because vegetable soap is inherently expensive, but because the best soaps tend to have more natural ingredients overall, rather than lab-made chemicals and slaughterhouse by-products. White Rain hair products are also vegan and the cheapest brand out of all shampoos and conditioners in the store.
2007-09-26 06:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by blackbyrus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, no, there are tons and tons of fabulous vegan soaps! Lush is one company that makes excellent vegetarian and vegan soaps. There are numerous soaps based on vegetable glycerin available at your local natural food store by such companies as Kiss My Face, J/A/S/O/N, and Pangea Organics. There are many vegan online retailers that have fabulous vegan soaps and shower gels.
2007-09-26 14:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sodium tallowate is the sudsy stuff in animal-based soap. Tallow means rendered fat, so if you see that word on the label, it is made with animals. I rarely see it in anything but bar soaps. Sodium laureth sulfate is usually used in body gels and shampoos.
I check first for the tallowate, then the 'no animal testing' sign, because it seems like they don't have to test on animals to use tallow in production.
2007-09-27 19:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by aggylu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I buy all my soaps from East Indian grocery stores. All of their soaps are 100% vegetarian, they smell good and they are gentle. My favorite soap is Margo, but all the Neem and Sandalwood soaps are great.
2007-09-26 05:15:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, there are some available from places like jurlique which do not use any animal fats. there is also a great coconut oil based soap available from david jones
2007-09-26 06:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by sunnysunnydays03 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most soap is restaurants including where i work save the old deep fryer to be picked up by company that sells to soap companies it has been done for years i would not be concerned..
2016-05-19 00:45:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just look for glycerine based soaps. Or, buy from a vendor like Whole Foods, Wild Oats or Vitamin Cottage.
2007-09-26 05:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No
You can buy soaps made with vegetable products. Often you can find them in healthfood shops and they are likely to be labelled as such
2007-09-26 05:18:49 · answer #8 · answered by Michael H 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
There was a documentary that shows how soaps are made from human **** by the Japanese.
I am not kidding.
2007-09-26 05:09:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. many are vegetable based, but they are more expensive (go figure) and you have to read the labels. try looking for them in the natural foods section of your local grocer, or a whole foods, natural type grocery.
2007-09-26 05:39:58 · answer #10 · answered by no qf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋