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250g single bag - 25 washes - Easy to use: 30 - 90°c - Natural softener - Protects colours - Hypoallergenic - Anti-fungal & Anti-Microbial - 100% Organic - Biodegradable Soapnuts are known worldwide by many names such as soapberry, Reetha (Hindi), Chinese soapberry and many more. Very simply, soapnuts are the dried shells or husks from the soapberry tree. Based upon its high amount of 'soap' content ( 12 - 18% ) and consistency, the highest quality soapnut is Sapindus Mukorossi, which grows primarily in northern India and Nepal. The soapnut tree grows uncultivated in poor quality ground and helps fights erosion, particularly in the Himalayan foothills. It also provides needed income to the local population. It is a relatively hardy tree being resistant to diseases and insects (due to the high amounts of saponin which are a natural pest and insect repellent for the tree - and us as well!). The tree grows to 10 to 20 meters in height and begins flowering and bearing fruit after about 9 years. The tree has great longevity and will produce fruit (soap nuts) for about 90 years. The saponin contained in these soapnuts which produces a soaping effect, is a 100% natural alternative to chemical laundry detergent and cleansers. It can replace many chemical detergents such as those containing sodium laureth sulphate (SLS) that are becoming well known by consumers for being a skin irritant and health hazard. The detergent which goes out as waste also has the antimicrobial properties which causes cleaning of the drainage and sewer system and thus becomes eco-friendly. Soapnuts are highly-effective and gentle at the same time. It will leave your laundry fresh and clean and compared to other detergents, its mildness will keep colours bright, maintaining fabric structure of your clothes for longer periods. It can be used on all fabrics and at all temperatures. There are so many benefits of using soapnuts! These little shells are good for the environment, good for you and good for the families that harvest it...and we have gone completely nuts for these things! Local farmers / families harvest the fruit after it falls from the tree. A linen is spread under the tree to catch the mature fruits when they fall down. The shells are then dried and cleaned, the seeds are removed and we are left with the soapnut shells. The shells are dried in the sun using absolutely no chemical processing. No commercial manufacturing processes are required in any way for the soapnut to become effective. Hence, soapnuts are absolutely 100% natural, unmodified dried fruit shells. The seeds can then be replanted. |
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