Dish Soap Block
$4.00
A simple, non-toxic, grease-fighting soap.
Dish Soap Block
Why you’ll love it
Simple and effective people- and planet-friendly cleaning brought to your sink. This Meliora Dish Soap is an awesome plastic-free, zero-waste option to wash your dirty dishes, pots, and pans. Ditch the bulky, slippery plastic bottle and get with this dish soap block!
Features
Choose unscented or lemon scent
100% Plastic-free
Dye-free
Preservative-free
Palm oil-free
Cruelty-free
Synthetic fragrance-free
About our partner
Meliora began when their co-founder, Kate, began wondering what was really in her cleaning products. After discovering companies aren’t actually required to list all of their ingredients, Kate set out to create cleaning products with simple, earth-friendly ingredients that are listed on the front of the package.
Meliora means “better” in Latin, and that’s what these cleaning products are made to be. They’re conscious about choosing ingredients that are effective, safe for the home and body, and cause no trouble for Mother Earth after the chores are said and done.
To support their planet friendly commitment, Meliora has several certifications. As a certified B Corp, Meliora is evaluated by a third-party; it highlights strengths in company ownership and governance (woman-owned), labor practices (living wages), and the product itself (low impact products and packaging). Through partnerships with 1% for the Planet and Women’s Voices for the Earth, Meliora commits 2% of annual revenues to environmental and charitable nonprofits.
The Made Safe seal signifies that their products and ingredients have been examined for buildup in the environment (including aquatic toxicity) and our bodies. Their products are also cruelty-free: Leaping Bunny is the highest standard for companies that are committed to using no animal testing.
Certifications
1% for the Planet member (Donating to Women’s Voices for Earth)
Certified B Corp
Leaping Bunny Certified
Made Safe Certified
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Dish Soap Block
Ingredients
Full ingredient list [UNSCENTED]: Vegetable soap [sodium cocoate, sodium sunflowerate, glycerin, water, organic cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, organic helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil].
Full ingredient list [LEMON]: Vegetable soap [sodium cocoate, sodium sunflowerate, glycerin, water, organic cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, organic helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil], organic citrus medica limonum (lemon) peel oil.*
*Lemon essential oil naturally contains the potential allergen limonene
More information on ingredients
Their Dish Soap Block uses coconut and sunflower seed oils as the base vegetable oils for the soap. This combination gives a firm bar that lathers and cleans while easily rinsing away.
Sourced from Century Sun Oil out of Pulaski, WI, sunflower oil is a local alternative to olive oil. They’ve used sunflower oil in their bath and body soap bars for a while, and are excited to bring it to their cleaning products collection.
Sodium Cocoate: This is the chemical name of saponified (that is, “made into soap”) coconut oil. It’s the chemical that grabs onto both dirt and water to do the cleaning.
Sodium Sunflowerate: This is the chemical name of the saponified sunflower seed oil.
Glycerin: This substance is chemically a type of alcohol and is naturally created when the oil is converted into soap. Glycerin is known for skin-softening abilities and is an effective solvent, meaning it can dissolve substances such as stains and dirt.
Organic Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil and Organic Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil : There is always some coconut and sunflower seed oils left in the soap after conversion to sodium cocoate and sodium sunflowerate. This is because they use sodium hydroxide, or lye, in the conversion process. Leaving these excess oils in the soap not only ensures there is no remaining lye in the finished product, it also gives the soap its lather and moisturizing feel. Some soapmakers refer to this as “superfatting” and more oil remaining results in a softer, more moisturizing bar.
Water: Water is used in the soapmaking process to dissolve lye and act as a medium so the lye can reach all of the oil to react. After being useful in this process, the water is allowed to evaporate from the soap over a period of several weeks, and the resulting vegetable soap has very little water. There is only about 5% water remaining in the finished soap, thus making it more shelf stable than a liquid soap that would require a preservative due to the high (about 60%) water content.
Dish Soap Block
Ditch the bulky, slippery plastic bottle with these simple steps:
- Place their Dish Soap puck on a soap dish, coaster, or right on the edge of your sink
- Wet your sponge/brush, rub it over your Dish Soap, and wash away
- For those extra dirty items that need a soak – or to fill the entire sink – simply hold the Dish Soap under the faucet while the water is running
Dish Soap Block
What to do when you’re done
Use until you are done 🙂
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