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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 636078" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>As you know I am starting a little home soap business. Someone on here warned me to not use peanut oil and that makes perfect sense to me plus I wasnt going to anyway since it cost more than the cheaper oils I can use. The things I am wondering about however are it is recommended to use some higher quality oils to make the bars more luxurious. Things like sweet almond oil, macadamia oil, different nut butters like almond butter or pistachio butter. Wouldnt people allergic to peanuts also be allergic to those nuts too? Or is it just peanuts.</p><p></p><p>Also...what about coconut? Almost ALL soap has coconut in it. Your gonna have a hard time getting a hard bar that suds up without coconut in it. </p><p></p><p>Now I will be putting the ingredients on the packaging so people will know if they are buying something with a nut in it but I only have one kitchen and I can try my best to not have any contamination but I cant guarantee it. I dont actually buy peanut butter because I dont like it so chances of that getting in anything are about zip but even washing dishes I cant be 100% sure almond oil doesnt get into a stray bar. </p><p></p><p>I also plan to do vegan vs bars made with animal fats...ie lard. If I could render my own tallow I would but we have to keep any beef fat we get for making burger from deer meat. Have you seen the price of ground beef lately? Holy cow! </p><p></p><p>Im getting off track....avocado oil, almond oil, macadamia oil, etc...and I dont even know about cocoa butter and what the heck a shea is!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 636078, member: 1514"] As you know I am starting a little home soap business. Someone on here warned me to not use peanut oil and that makes perfect sense to me plus I wasnt going to anyway since it cost more than the cheaper oils I can use. The things I am wondering about however are it is recommended to use some higher quality oils to make the bars more luxurious. Things like sweet almond oil, macadamia oil, different nut butters like almond butter or pistachio butter. Wouldnt people allergic to peanuts also be allergic to those nuts too? Or is it just peanuts. Also...what about coconut? Almost ALL soap has coconut in it. Your gonna have a hard time getting a hard bar that suds up without coconut in it. Now I will be putting the ingredients on the packaging so people will know if they are buying something with a nut in it but I only have one kitchen and I can try my best to not have any contamination but I cant guarantee it. I dont actually buy peanut butter because I dont like it so chances of that getting in anything are about zip but even washing dishes I cant be 100% sure almond oil doesnt get into a stray bar. I also plan to do vegan vs bars made with animal fats...ie lard. If I could render my own tallow I would but we have to keep any beef fat we get for making burger from deer meat. Have you seen the price of ground beef lately? Holy cow! Im getting off track....avocado oil, almond oil, macadamia oil, etc...and I dont even know about cocoa butter and what the heck a shea is! [/QUOTE]
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