Labeling Liquid (or any) Soap

[lady-of-4]

I understand here in the US, soap is not required to be labeled, but I am anyhow. I'm actually waiting to the cosmetic labeling guide to come in the mail, but in the meantime, I'm wondering about 1 particular thing. Is it acceptable to use the phrase "Saponified Oil blend of....." . My thinking is this: it encompasses the entire process, meaning, ingredients that go in, and come out. There is no lack of disclosure as to what went in, ie, Lye, or what comes out, Glycerin, because this is what saponification is about. If the customer wishes to ask what Saponified is, it can easily be explained, or they can research it on their own.

Am I wrong in my thinking?

 

[FlybyStardancer]

The most recent bar of store bought soap I purchased was labeled in this way: "Sodium olivate (saponied olive oil)", etc etc. The glycerin was labeled separately.

 

[green soap]

I use: ...'saponified .......(oils and or butters...).....with retained glycerin'. The label is for our customers since the US label soap requirements are so 'light'. If I only have one or two oils in the blends I might tell them it is sodium olivate for example, for the more complex blends I just say saponified....(oil blend).

I get the question; what is retained glycerine? this gives me a chance to explain that glycerine is produced naturally, and unlike most commercial soap it is left in there in hand crafted soaps.

 

[cmzaha]

I list what goes into my soap in the correct order, not the end product. All my soaps are clearly labeled and shrink wrapped, including my LS soap