Aroha Organics soaps and balms do not claim to be certfied organic, but we try to use organic ingredients wherever possible. Not only do we feel this is an important decisions for a safer product, but we also feel very strongly about supporting sustainable organic agriculture.

Due to the chemistry of soap, it is almost impossible to make a completely organic bar. Within the natural products industry, there is a conversation taking place about whether soap can be technically defined as “organic” (since soap is the result of a chemical reaction and most of the original organic materials have been transformed). For our part, we commit to making soap using ONLY organic base oils and keeping our soap’s ingredients as organic as we can. A soap’s raw ingredients are either organic or they’re not, regardless of the definitions, and Aroha Organics commits to using certified organic oils wherever possible.

On another note, we also make salves and lip balms which do not go through any chemical process and are made with mostly organic ingredients. We feel it is important to use organic ingredients wherever possible and will continue to do this whether or not soap is able to be fully organic.

I remember we had a discussion about this on the last post about soap. I questioned soap advertised as having all organic ingredients because lye isn’t organic and is a chemical.

Just wondering if this is the soap you’re talking about because I’d bet this soap is made with lye – looks exactly like the soap I make.

Oh. I just checked their webpage and see they use the cold process method which does in fact use lye.