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If it’s soap, it was made with lye. All soap is made with lye.There’s a difference between a “soap” and a “detergent.” Many common store-bought soaps aren’t “soap” at all, rather, they are detergents made with chemical hardeners, surfactants, and foaming agents, and perhaps no lye at all. I’m talking about real soap here, and all of it is made with lye.Many people think goat’s milk soap is made without lye, but that’s not true. Even goat’s milk soap is made with lye, the same amount of …

The History of Soap The production and use of soap started around the world at about the same time, 3000 – 2500 BC. There are several stories about how soap was discovered. The most believable goes like this: Early people burned meat in fires for cooking or for religious reasons, often near running water. Burning the meat rendered fat from it, and produced a weak alkali called potash from the burning of wood. The accidental mixing of the water, fat and potash produced a weak l …