Organic soap berries - 500 gr.

500 gr. soap nuts from the Cocoon company.

1 cotton bag is included that you can use as washing bags for your soap nuts.

What are soap nuts?

Soap nuts, or rather: soap berries, are a completely natural, organic and vegan detergent.

The soap nuts come from Inden, where they grow on big beautiful trees at the foot of The Himmalaya Mountains.

Washnuts are like berries with the nuts separated. So soapnuts are actually a misleading term, because only the berry is used for soap.

The soapnuts can be used for washing clothes, dishes, as shampoo, for shaving and for cleaning.

The soapnuts contain an organic substance called saponin. Saponin has an ability to dissolve and remove dirt.

Saponin is released on contact with water above 30 degrees and works like soap.

You therefore do not have to worry about whether the washing nuts release soap when the clothes are rinsed. Because the rinse water is cold and the washing nuts will therefore not release saponin into the cold water.

How are washing nuts used?

The saponin in the soap bars is released when they dissolve in water above 30 degrees.

The soap bars are placed in the supplied laundry bag and put into the drum of the washing machine.

The number of soap berries that you should use depends a little on how dirty the laundry is and how much you wash at a time.

Here you should experiment a bit.

However, it is generally recommended to use 4-5 soap berries per load. wash.

If you live in an area with hard water, add calcifier if you live in an area with hard water.

Add bleach for white laundry.

The soap carriers work at washing temperatures between 30 and 90 degrees. However, you can advantageously use a liquid detergent, extracted from soap berries, for very short washes.

Alternatively, you can soak the soap bars in warm water for a while before use.

The soap bars are very gentle and also work very well for wool and silk.

How long can the soap nuts be used?

The soap nuts can be used for approx. 5 washes - depending on the temperatures you wash at.

High temperatures will release more saponin from the soap bars than low temperatures.

When the soap bars become light and soft, they are exhausted.

Please put the used soap bars in the compost after use.

See our large laundry guide here.

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