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Why is sodium hydroxide listed as a soap ingredient?

April 26, 2017hydroxide ingredient Soap sodium

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Why is sodium hydroxide listed as a soap ingredient?

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This strong alkali is listed as we believe in listing ALL our ingredients used in manufacture. However this ingredient is solely the catalyst for the natural cold pour saponification process – in other words the alkali reacts with the oils to form the soap…true natural soap cannot be made without it – but none remains in the final product as it is all used in the reaction. In good soap no free alkali remains.