[ARTIKEL] 15 Feb 2018
Maybe you are wondering what ingredients are contained in the soap that you are currently using. It could be, one of the ingredients contained in the soap is vegetable oil.
Vegetable oil comes from several types of plants including coconut. In addition, vegetable oil also consists of several types. For soap ingredients, generally use coconut fatty acid distillate or CFAD . Of course you cannot consume this vegetable oil directly like pure vegetable oil. However, this vegetable oil is in the form of raw materials. The processed raw materials will later be mixed with other materials to become a finished product.
The most famous product with this type of vegetable oil is bath soap. Usually, this type of oil is darker in color. If hydrogenated coconut oil is better stored frozen or solid, then coconut fatty acid distillate is better stored in liquid form. Real vegetable oil will give off a very strong fatty acid odor. This oil will also freeze or become solid if heated to a certain temperature. In order to solidify, this oil must be heated to a temperature of about 24 to 26 degrees Celsius. As the name implies, this type of vegetable oil does contain high levels of fatty acids. It can even be said that the fatty acid content reaches 95%.
Although high, these fatty acids are good for the body, so don't be surprised if you use them as soap, your skin will become smoother and cleaner. This type of vegetable oil has a pH of less than 4. In addition, this type of vegetable oil is suitable for soap products because it is easier to dissolve in water. When exposed to water, the vegetable oil will be washed away and dissolved so that there is no remaining. Most importantly, this vegetable oil material is very safe because it is made from plants, namely coconut which is processed in such a way or extracted to produce a type of coconut oil fatty acid distillate.