A story of 100 years of sustainable soap-making
Soapa’s history began in the 1920s, when my (Sara’s) great-grandmother Fredrika made her own fine soap at home on the farm in Hornsjö, Vilhelmina.
Three generations later, Fredrika’s legacy of living sustainably, frugally, and reusing things continues in the family. Now, however, in a modern version adapted to the time we live in today.
Our soap, based on Fredrika’s recipe, has been given packaging, a label, and a name—Soapa.
Instead of the sheep fat Fredrika used, Soapa is now made from purified used cooking oil collected from selected local restaurants. It is mostly rapeseed oil or a corn and rapeseed oil blend—but NEVER palm oil or animal fat.
(You can read more about how this is ensured and carried out under Sustainability)
The oil that is purified and saponified then forms the basis of all our soap-based cleaning products.
Soapa is a natural, old-fashioned, authentic raw material with a high fat content—a so-called superfat soap. This means that the soap has nourishing and replenishing properties, similar to linseed soap, and is excellent for cleaning wooden surfaces (wooden floors, scrubbed floors, balconies, terraces, and outdoor furniture).
Soapa is also highly effective against greasy dirt—and therefore an excellent helper in the kitchen, bathroom, and garage.
When you clean with Soapa, you become part of a 100-year-old tradition inspired by great-grandmother Fredrika. Just as Fredrika’s choices influenced her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, your choices of cleaning products can affect generations to come and create a safe home environment free from harmful chemicals, a planet where Earth’s resources are reused, and nature is protected.
Our soap products are...
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Natural & made from upcycled raw materials
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Easily biodegradable
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Naturally antibacterial
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Without dyes or preservatives
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Cruelty-free
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Free from parabens, SLS, SLES, and other unnecessary chemicals
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Made in Vilhelmina, Västerbotten, Sweden
We have also developed other products based on Soapa. The same “thinking” permeates all production and all new products. Reuse, the environment, climate, and people (it should be kind to the user too). Questions we consider secondarily are: price, and how easy, difficult, or time-consuming is it to make? For example, we make a laundry detergent that is time-consuming and based on “expensive” raw materials, but is simply better for the environment, climate, and people, even though it is not the wisest business decision. But our thinking is: There is enough cheap chemical stuff in the world—we would rather do something good instead ;) That’s how it works here!