A little help

[Lildlege1]

Ok I have been looking online for olive oil but I don't want the greenish color, so what do y'all recommend and where to order from cause I am afraid to order a gallon and it arrives with that greenish color. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

 

[cmzaha]

If you live near a Costco their Pure Grade A olive is the best and lightest to use. Otherwise order Grade A pure olive oil. Soapers Choice on the East Coast or Cibaria Soap Supplies on the West Coast carries Grade A olive. Any virgin oo and pomace will be green, although will produce white soap with no colorants added.

 

[Obsidian]

Anytime I used virgin OO, it always made greenish soap.

 

[Lildlege1]

I will have to check but I am almost positive we don't have a costco anywhere near here . And thank y'all for the advice much appreciated

 

[coffeetime]

I used 100% EVOO from costco to make a Castile bar and it was light green at first but now it's just slightly off white at 6 months or so cure.

 

[boyago]

This is curious... Both castile soaps I've made, one EVOO and one pomace came out stark white. Neither had additives. Since we just had the big Castile-off what was everyone's results with color?

 

[Derpina Bubbles]

I just use which ever OO is on special at the nearest supermarket and I end with stark white soaps too. I'm so picky. I'm meant to say cheap. I'm cheap.

 

[fuzz-juzz]

I just use cheapest OO I can find. I always get white soaps. The highest amount of OO I've used in a recipe was 75%.

 

[AtraGarden]

Green color will eventually fade away after your soap is cured.

There are many factors that effects color in Olive Oil. Here are few.
Green color: 1. Unripe or half ripe fruits are milled - Oleic Acid is low, up to 0,8
2. Fruits are grinded and milled with leaves.
3. Geographical factors. ( As per my experience, Eastern Oils have greenish color.

Yellow Color: 1. Ripe fruits are grinded and milled - Oleic acid little higher - 0,8 to 2
2. Oil went through oxidation (You cant find these in packages)

Try Virgin Olive Oil but you may still have green color.

Has anyone tried refined (riviera) ? Riviera will be yellow but I have not used it in soaps.

 

[Lildlege1]

Thanks to all of you who responded this helps me a lot . Again thanks y'all much appreciated

 

[QueenBeeSoap]

This is curious... Both castile soaps I've made, one EVOO and one pomace came out stark white. Neither had additives. Since we just had the big Castile-off what was everyone's results with color?

My 100% olive oil Castile soaps with no additives were a stark white, and the batch I made with beeswax and honey added was barely off-white. I used regular, non extra-virgin olive oil and my soaps did not gel. I was expecting them to have a greenish tinge to them, since I kept reading advice to use less olive oil in your recipes if you want to end up with a white soap, so I was surprised with how they turned out.