Castor Oil

Castor oil is often added after saponification to super fat your soap. It is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean. Castor oil is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no odor or taste. It is a triglyceride in which approximately ninety percent of fatty acid chains are ricinoleic acid. Oleic and linoleic acids are the other significant components. Castor oil can accelerate trace when used in cold process soap and is rich in fatty acids.