Dr Bronner's Hand Soap

Product Summary

• Dr. Bronner's Organic, Fair Trade Hand Soaps set the standard for sustainability in personal care items.
• Certified by the same National Organic Program that certifies food Dr. Bronner's pump soaps are smooth and luxurious with no synthetic detergents or preservatives.
• Dr. Bronner's Organic Shikakai comes from the seed pods of the small South Asian tree Acadia Concinna and has been used for millennia in India as a gentle conditioning cleanser for both skin and hair. 
• Dr. Bronner's extracts the Shikakai in organic sugar and grape juice and combine with their unsurpassed castile soap base for rich emollient lather and moisturizing after-feel.

Dr Bronner's Soaps are:

• Completely Biodegradable and Vegetable-Based
• Made with IMO Certified Fair Trade and USDA Certified Organic Oils
  
• No Synthetic Foaming Agents, Thickeners or Preservatives
• 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Bottles and Paper Labels
• Simple, Ecological Formulations Based on Old-World Quality and Expertise
• #1-Selling Natural Brand of Soaps in North America

Dr Bronner's Hand Soaps are Available in the following scents: 

• Tea Tree
• Lavender
• Lemongrass Lime
• Spearmint-Peppermint
• Baby Unscented.

Hand Soap Uses:

• Primarily as a hand soap as this product will not clog dispensers.  It can also be used for anything that Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Liquid Soaps can be used for, and makes an excellent shampoo when used with Dr. Bronner's Hair Conditioning Rinse.

Hand Soap Tips:

• Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Liquid Soaps are generally a better value for uses other than hand washing where dispenser clogging is not an issue.

Dr Bronner's Hand Soap Ingredients:

• Organic White Grape Juice, Organic Sucrose*, Organic Coconut Oil*, Potassium Hydroxide (None remains after converting oils to fatty acids and glycerin), Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Tea Tree Oil, Organic Shikakai Powder, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, Tocopherols.

Product Notes:

• This product will NOT clog soap dispensers as the Pure Castile Liquid Soaps do.
• Dr. Bronner's Hand Soap (12 oz) & Body Soap (24 oz) are the identical product in different sizes.
  

• Dr. Bronner's products are some of the absolute best, most sustainable/user friendly products in production. 
• Most of their products are organic and have absolutely no synthetic or even partially synthetic ingredients. 
• Even their primary surfactant is 100% natural. 
• In addition, they strive to support fair trade with many of their products and some of their bottles are even made from 100% post consumer waste. 

• Dr. Bronner's takes care of their employees with generous salaries and benefits (no-deductible PPO health insurance and a great profit sharing/retirement plan that we fully fund). 
• They cap executive pay at five times the lowest-paid position, and they give all profits not needed for business development to support progressive charities and causes.[learn more]
• Certified Under the USDA National Organic Program:  Organic integrity in body care means that the main ingredients as well as secondary ingredients in an organic labeled or branded product are certified organic.
  
• Produced in compliance with the National Organic Program Dr. Bronner's products are certified to the USDAís National Organic Program, which consumers rightly trust to ensure the organic integrity of organic labeled products.[learn more]
• No Animal Testing
• Dr. Bronner's qualifies for the rabbit and stars logo of the Coalition for Consumer information on Cosmetics (CCIC). This logo certifies that all of their products and product ingredients are not tested on animals. The CCIC, a coalition of animal rights organizations, requires independent audit for confirmation. [learn more]

• Most of their products are fair-trade, completely non-synthetic and exceptionally natural, safe and effective.
• Most of their bottles are readily recyclable and some are made from 100% post consumer waste.
• They make some of the most sustainable products in the industry!

• With a small portion of their products, it is not clear if they include fragrances or natural oils.
• Additionally, their shave gel squeeze tube in not labeled for recycling, so therefore is not recyclable. 

• B+

• Life    A
• Source:    A
• Packaging:    B
• Manufacturing:    C
• Ingredients:    A

• Life: Product is very concentrated
• Source: Ingredients are sustainably sourced through fair-trade.
• Packaging: Product packaging is composed of 100% post-consumer content and readily recyclable, except the pump, which is reusable but not recyclable. 
• Manufacturing: U.S Base Manufacturer operates with standard "grid" power within California's stringent standards.
• Product Content: 100% Natural, Organic Biodegradable ingredients. 

• No

• Yes by IMO!  Dr. Bronner's also ensures that there is never more than a 5 fold gap between their highest and lowest paid employee!