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The True Soap Exemption and Where Your Cleanser Falls
The narrow lye-and-fat definition of true soap in Canada, and why most syndet and claim-making bars are actually regulated as cosmetics.
January 12, 2026Read
The narrow lye-and-fat definition of true soap in Canada, and why most syndet and claim-making bars are actually regulated as cosmetics.
A syndet shampoo bar is a cosmetic, not a soap, and its solid surfactant blend needs the same INCI-level declaration as a liquid shampoo.