How would soaps made from vegetable oils differ from soaps made from animal fat?

Answer 1

Animal fats are less expensive so most commercial manufacturers use them to save money and to make a harder bar of soap. Animal fats also have fewer skin benefits. Many handmade soap makers use solely vegetable oils to accomodate customers that are vegan.

Answer 2

Soap that is made with animal fat may contain other ingredients like lye. Lye is the only thing in animal based soap that will kill germs and provide any form of sanitation. Vegetable based soaps are made with saponified oils. These oils have germ killing abilities and can be used by themselves without extra ingredients.

Answer 3

Animal fats share some properties with vegetable oils, but are lacking in others. Animal fats usually harden a bar of soap and clean just fine, but offer little skin benefits (i.e., emolliency/moisturizing) that are more favorable.

Answer 4

Detergents derived from vegetable oils are liquids and detergents made from animal fats are solid soaps. The reason is that animal fats are saturated. The fatty acid chains do not contain double bonds and are more "saturated" in hydrogen. This makes animal fats solids like lard and suet. vegetable fats are liquid oils. The detergent known as "Palmolive" is a combination of the vegetable fatty acids palmetic and olivetic acids. Vegetable oil can also be saturated into "trans fats". "Crisco" is saturated vegetable oil.

Answer 5

Detergents derived from vegetable oils are liquids and detergents made from animal fats are solid soaps. The reason is that animal fats are saturated. The fatty acid chains do not contain double bonds and are more "saturated" in hydrogen. This makes animal fats solids like lard and suet. vegetable fats are liquid oils. The detergent known as "Palmolive" is a combination of the vegetable fatty acids palmetic and olivetic acids. Vegetable oil can also be saturated into "trans fats". "Crisco" is saturated vegetable oil.

Answer 6

A soap is defined as a salt of a fatty acid. The fatty acid in animal fat used for soap making is a triglyceride. With the plant fats the oils come from the seeds and produce a milder soap.