Pictured above are Soap Nuts or Sapindus Mukorossi-botanical. They range in in color from a light gold to deep brown. The color has no bearing on its cleaning properties.

Currently serving the continental U.S. only.

Welcome to “We Be Soap Nuts”!

We are proud to introduce a product that Mother Nature has provided us with a healthier way to wash our laundry and live our lives chemical free. Soap Nuts are a safe, effective, green, chemical free product that can keep us from several toxic cleaning products. The cost is as low as 4 cents a load.

What are Soap Nuts?

Soap nuts (Sapindus Mukorossi-botanical name) are dried fruits obtained from trees native to India and Nepal. They have been used to clean all kinds of fabric for centuries, and only now gaining popularity in the American and Europe as a powerful, yet natural alternative to modern detergent. The saponin contained on its shell releases when it is brought into contact with warm or hot water. (See directions for cold water.) Agitation further releases these saponins and then circulates as a natural surfactant. They break down the surface tension between oil and water in the wash freeing dirt, oils and grime from clothes. This exact same principle that applies to how most detergents and soaps. It’s simply not achieved using synthetic chemicals that are harmful to your body.

Natural way to clean laundry with softness and fresh smelling that is wonderful.

• Antimicrobial properties. Removes microbes and has anti-fungal properties.

• It is gentle on the fabric and safe on colors.

• Low suds: good for all washers. Excellent for high efficiency (HE) washers.

• Eliminate the need for fabric softener.

• Requires no manufacturing processes. No fossil fuels needed to produce. The trees grow for 90 years producing 200 lbs per year of soap nuts.

• Does not pollute our water systems, helps turn grey water into a more useful form and is safe for septic tanks. makes the trees more valuable living than dead. This helps save our tropical forests.

• Environmentally safe.

Your purchase is beneficial to both the economy environment of India Nepal. In these two countries, there are many poor people. Because soap nuts are plentiful, they become non-saleable locally. Therefore, the trees become more valuable marketable as firewood than for the environmentally friendly soap nuts that they grow. When soap nuts are marketed overseas, it employs local residents to harvest them, which in turn, stimulates the economy. At the same time, it saves the tropical forest.