{"id":711,"date":"2022-02-09T15:28:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T20:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savondescantons.com\/ingredients\/sodium-hydroxide\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:38:15","slug":"sodium-hydroxide","status":"publish","type":"ingredients","link":"https:\/\/savondescantons.com\/en\/ingredients\/sodium-hydroxide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sodium hydroxide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye or caustic soda, is a strong alkaline compound used solely for soapmaking. It is essential in the process of turning oils and butters into soap.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why?<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reacts with oils in a process called saponification, producing soap and natural glycerin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allows the creation of solid, stable, cleansing soaps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completely disappears once the reaction is complete \u2014 there is no NaOH left in the finished soap<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-711","ingredients","type-ingredients","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":[],"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savondescantons.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredients\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savondescantons.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredients"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savondescantons.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredients"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savondescantons.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}