Lye/Lie

Saponification: The Chemical Reaction Of Soap Making

All REAL soap is made with lye (sodium hydroxide mixed with oils and a liquid, RAW Goat Milk). After a proper curing time, there is no lye apparent. All that’s left is pure goat milk soap.

The chemical reaction of making soap, called saponification, is complete. The lye and oil molecules have combined and chemically changed into soap.

If the soap is made properly, the lye is used up in the saponification process to turn oil into soap.

There is no lye present in the finished bars of soap. While all real soap must be made with lye, no lye remains in the finished product after saponification.

When an acid and a base combine they neutralize each other and make a salt. In simple terms, saponification is the name for a chemical reaction between an acid and a base to form a salt called "soap."

Sodium hydroxide is an alkali (base) and the acids are the fatty acids that make up the triglycerides present in oils.

Once we mix the oils with sodium hydroxide and RAW Goat Milk, the molecules combine, and a chemical reaction occurs, called saponification and a totally different substance is created ----- SOAP!