Our soap is hand-crafted with love in small batches and is considered 100% natural. It is called Vegetable Soap because the natural oils & fats, AKA base oils, carrier oils, fixed oils do not come from animals. We do not use any tallow or lard (which are animal fats) in any of our natural soap. Some of our natural soaps contain nutrients such as milk, egg, or beeswax to add beneficial qualities to the soap, but the animal or insect it comes from does not have to give up its life for us to enjoy it. You may view our Natural Soap Ingredients to tell if a particular soap has any of these ingredients in it.