Which soap is better, yellow or green?

 

What is really the difference between green soap and yellow soap? Many people think the color of the bottle is the only difference, but the truth is somewhat different! Let us take a deeper look at this subject and reveal what really distinguishes these two cleaning products. Then, with that knowledge in hand, we can determine which is best for different purposes.

 

 

This is a common question, and the answer is simply that neither is better than the other. If you are looking at two relatively inexpensive soaps, one green and the other yellow, the only difference between them is almost certainly the color of the bottle and the fragrance.

The fact is that genuine old-fashioned green soap is no longer manufactured in Sweden.

Green soap was green because it was made from hemp oil. When hemp cultivation was banned in Sweden, hemp oil also disappeared, and with it green soap. Green soap sold in stores today is therefore most likely dyed yellow soap.

What you should ask instead is whether you need a fatty soap or whether a soap without excess fat will do. Pine soaps rarely contain much excess fat and are therefore well suited to bathrooms, vinyl flooring, and even cleaning windows.

Fatty soaps such as Västerbottenssåpa and linseed oil soaps contain a greater excess of fat and are therefore suitable for natural materials such as wood and stone, greasy kitchen dirt, heavily soiled outdoor surfaces, in stables or garages, in the bathroom, in the oven, for treating decking, patios, and so on.

So which soap is best? Well, that depends on what you intend to use it for!

 

 

Find superfatty and alkaline soaps here: Västerbottenssåpa

 

 

 

Västerbottenssåpa is yellow. Västerbottenssåpa is made from corn and rapeseed oil—cooking oils that are purified and saponified. Rapeseed and corn are very similar to linseed oil, so Västerbottenssåpa has the same nourishing properties as linseed oil soap. This means it contains an excess of fat, which makes it easy to dissolve greasy dirt with fatty soap; it then replenishes oils and cares for wooden floors, furniture, and all other wood.

 

Shop Västerbottenssåpa here

 

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- Why is traditional green soap no longer manufactured in Sweden?

 

Traditional green soap was made from hemp oil, but when hemp cultivation was banned, access to this oil also disappeared, and with it green soap.

 

 

- Which uses are best suited to soaps with a higher fat content, such as Västerbottenssåpa and linseed oil soaps?

 

Soaps with a higher fat content are suitable for natural materials such as wood and stone, greasy kitchen dirt, heavily soiled outdoor surfaces, in stables or garages, in the bathroom, in the oven, and for treating decking, patios, and similar surfaces.