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3b. Definitions - Soap Calculator - Soap Manufacturing

This document defines different types of natural soaps classified by manufacturing process. Full boiled soap is produced through kettle or continuous saponification and contains 1% or less glycerin. Semi-boiled soap is produced through batch or continuous saponification without washing and contains 6-8% glycerin. Swing soap and semi-boiled soap refer to soaps produced without removing the glycerin.
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3b. Definitions - Soap Calculator - Soap Manufacturing

This document defines different types of natural soaps classified by manufacturing process. Full boiled soap is produced through kettle or continuous saponification and contains 1% or less glycerin. Semi-boiled soap is produced through batch or continuous saponification without washing and contains 6-8% glycerin. Swing soap and semi-boiled soap refer to soaps produced without removing the glycerin.
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Definitions - Soap Calculator - Soap Manufacturing

3b. Definitions

DEFINITIONS 3. Solid Soap

This section is useful to learn the standard nomenclatures of the natural soaps that are
3a. Soap Values
classified according to the manufacturing process:
3b. Definitions

FULL BOILED SOAP 3c. Soap Noodles


Full boiled is the term to classify a soap produced with the separation of the glycerin from the
3d. Soap Bars
soap. Full Boiled soap is obtained by means of Kettle Saponification or Continuous
Saponification with Washing Section. This soap includes 1% of glycerin or less.
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SEMI BOILED SOAP
Semi boiled is the term to classify a soap produced without the separation of the glycerin from
the soap. Semi boiled soap is obtained by means of Batch Saponification or Continuous
Saponification of oils and fats without Washing Section. The reaction between caustic soda and
oils/fats produce glycerin in a range of 6 - 8% and this glycerin is not separated and remains in
the final soap. Until some years ago, Semi boiled soap was considered a low quality soap and
was used in laundry soap bars, but in the last decade the production of semi boiled soap
increases and today is using also in toilet soap bars. Semi boiled soap is cheaper that full boiled
soap because less working stages are required in soap manufacturing.

SWING SOAP
In the last years soap industry started to speak about SWING soap. SWING means: Soap With
INside Glycerine. At the end SWING soap and Semi Boiled soap are two terms to indicate a
soap produced without the glycerine removal.

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