For everyday body-washing: Pour several drops of soap undiluted onto wet hands, washcloth or
loofah, clean all over for the freshest, cleanest feeling possible.
Dilute from one part soap into 40 parts water for light cleaning. Use it undiluted for heavy-duty
grease-cutting jobs.
Use 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup for one regular load; adjust as needed depending on the hardness of your
water. Adding a dash of baking soda makes it even better.
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Australian Made
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Certified organic by ACO
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100% biodegradable
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No synthetic detergents
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Not tested on animals
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No animal ingredients
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No preservatives
Ingredients
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Purified Water
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Potassium soaps of Organic Olive Oil
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Organic Flaxseed Oil
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Organic Palm Olein (Columbia)
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Organic Sunflower Oil
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Organic Glycerin
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Organic Orange Oil
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Citric Acid
Shelf Life & Storage
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36 months from date of manufacture.
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Store in a cool (less than 30oC), dry area.
How is it made?
Melrose Organic Castile Soap is made in the traditional way from organic virgin olive, coconut,
palm kernel, flaxseed, safflower and other certified organic vegetable oils. Beautiful, clean,
healthy skin clearly begins with Melrose Organic Castile Soap.
Sustainable Palm Oil use in Melrose Organic Castile Soap
Melrose has a proud history of 30 years working to supply healthy, organic and sustainable
products.
It is a concern to our customers to see Melrose using Palm Oil as this oil has come under
significant criticism regarding habitat destruction and threat to biodiversity. The fate of the
Orang-utan is a main feature of this concern.
Melrose only sources its Organic Palm Oil from Daabon in Colombia, South America.
No Orang-utans live in South America and the palm oil is grown in a chemical free, organically
certified and sustainable system.
Daabon has been a foundation member of the international "Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil"
(RSPO). The goal of RSPO members is to jointly develop legal, technical, ecological and social
criteria to promote the sustainable manufacture and use of palm oil.
One particular aspect is to ensure that the farming of palm oil plantations is compatible with the
protection of the rain forests and their biodiversity. The RSPO working groups have devised criteria
to rate the quality of sustainability in the production of palm oil products.
These criteria include products only being permitted from areas placed under cultivation prior to
2005 (old-stock plantations) or, if placed under cultivation subsequent to 2005, the previous land
use must have been taken into consideration and an examination as well as an exclusion of existing,
natural areas in particular need of protection must have been performed. These criteria are being
applied on a trial basis and will become increasingly binding in the manufacture of palm oil
product.
Melrose supports and promotes the aims of the RSPO which to a large extent are aligned with the
philosophy of Melrose.
What is the pH?
All true soaps have a pH of between 9.5 and 10.
Why is the soap sometimes cloudy?
Some vegetable oils contain a small percentage of waxes, lecithin and other unsaponifiable matter
that do not dissolve in the reaction to make soap. These remain and eventually float to the
top.
Why are some batches darker than others?
Unrefined Organic oils are not bleached and vary in colour. The presence of minute traces of iron
also results in the soap darkening with age.
What if I get it in my eyes?
It stings. Flush with ample clean water. The effect is temporary.
