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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: Sodium Tallowate in Soap
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Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 22:12:52 EDT
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> > I suppose one could make soap using vegetable fat, but I've never heard
> > of it.  I'd be willing to bet Ivory is made from tallow.  
> 
> 	By the way, all castile soap is made with pure olive oil and
> always has been.

	Also, Palmolive is so called because it is made from palm and
olive oils (or used to be, anyway). Palm oil is about the cheapest
oil available and is used in many big-name commercial soaps. Lever
Bros. is a Dutch company that got its big start with oil palm 
plantations in Africa (for a socialogical perspective, see "The Palm
Wine Drunkard".)

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