Werfzeep

Planet & Ingredients

Wer­f­ze­ep sets high stan­dar­ds for the ingre­di­ents they work with. Only orga­nic ingre­di­ents that meet food safety stan­dar­ds are used.

The base of each soap always con­sis­ts of vege­ta­ble oils and all the base fats and essen­ti­al oils used by Wer­f­ze­ep are cer­ti­fi­ed orga­nic. Among the basic fats Wer­f­ze­ep uses are argan oil, oli­ve oil and almond oil. The­se oils have a nouri­shing effect on your skin and hair. The Dut­ch soap brand does not use palm oil. This is beca­use the palm oil indus­try is causing massi­ve defo­res­ta­ti­on wor­l­dwi­de, thre­ate­ning the habi­tats of many animals.

All soaps are also free of har­m­ful che­mi­cals such as sul­fa­tes. All cla­ssic sham­po­os and shower gels today con­ta­in sul­fa­tes. The­se che­mi­cals dry out your scalp, and make your hair grow slower by absor­bing the natu­ral oils on your scalp. In addi­ti­on, sul­fa­tes are also extre­mely bad for the envi­ron­ment, affec­ting life in our waterways.

For the scents and extrac­ts in the soaps, Wer­f­ze­ep uses vari­ous her­bs that are grown local­ly. The brand grows and har­ves­ts seve­ral ingre­di­ents itself in the­ir orga­nic herb gar­den and in the Wic­ken­bur­gh forest: a pri­va­te natu­re reser­ve near Utrec­ht. Other ingre­di­ents come from local pro­du­cers, for exam­ple the honey from beeke­eper De Oase.

Not only the ingre­di­ents of the soaps are sus­ta­ina­ble, also in the pro­duc­ti­on pro­cess Wer­f­ze­ep keeps the­ir eco­lo­gi­cal impact as small as possi­ble. The soaps are pro­du­ced using the cold pro­cess met­hod. This means that no high tem­pe­ra­tu­res are used. This way the cold-pre­ssed oils come out best. After cut­ting, the soap bloc­ks lie to dry for 6 weeks befo­re they are pac­ka­ged for sale. This met­hod ensu­res bet­ter quality in the soaps and is ener­gy effi­ci­ent.

In short, with Wer­f­ze­ep’s natu­ral sham­poo and shower gel you pro­tect the envi­ron­ment and cho­ose heal­t­hy skin and hair care.

Ethics

The soap wor­k­shop is loca­ted in the heart of Utrec­ht. Here, all soaps are han­d­ma­de by the per­ma­nent Wer­f­ze­ep team. Beca­use Wer­f­ze­ep pro­du­ces everyt­hing itself local­ly in the Net­her­lan­ds, we can be sure that this hap­pens in good and ethi­cal conditions.

Packaging

Wer­f­ze­ep ope­ra­tes com­ple­tely plas­tic-free. The pac­ka­ging is made of recy­cled paper. The­re­fo­re, the enti­re pac­ka­ging is com­ple­tely reusable.

Supply chain

Wer­f­ze­ep makes all the soaps in the­ir own wor­k­shop in Utrec­ht. Also many ingre­di­ents are grown and har­ves­ted by Wer­f­ze­ep them­sel­ves in the­ir soap herb gar­den or near­by forest. The short cha­in ensu­res that few tran­s­ports are needed. The dis­tan­ce from the pro­duc­ti­on site to your bat­hro­om is kept as short as possi­ble. And than­ks to the col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with the Fiet­sko­eri­er, Wer­f­ze­ep ships part of the­ir orders com­ple­tely CO2 neutral!

Some of the ingre­di­ents are not local, beca­use the­se more exo­tic plants can­not be grown in the Net­her­lan­ds. For exam­ple, avo­ca­do oil comes from Kenya, argan oil comes from Moroc­co and ber­ga­mot is grown in Italy. 

Animal wellbeing

Most of the soaps are com­ple­tely plant-based and vegan, only the honey soap, honey sham­poo and savan­nah soap are not. The honey in the first two pro­duc­ts comes from local, orga­ni­cal­ly cer­ti­fi­ed beeke­eper De Oase. The honey used in the savan­na soap comes from the Sahel region.

Slow fashion

Wer­f­ze­ep is a ​“slow” per­so­nal care brand. The soaps are made in an arti­sa­nal way and each one is unique. Beca­use they are robust soap bloc­ks, you can gene­ral­ly use them lon­ger than you can use a soap bot­tle or sham­poo from the drug­s­to­re. This makes Wer­f­ze­ep sus­ta­ina­ble in use.

The soaps have a natu­ral look, than­ks to natu­ral ingre­di­ents in them and beca­use no extra dyes are added.

You can also sub­s­cri­be to Wer­f­ze­ep! With an annu­al sub­s­crip­ti­on, you will rece­ive a box of soaps every three mon­t­hs. You can dis­co­ver the who­le ran­ge this way!

Transparency

Wer­f­ze­ep is very tran­s­pa­rent. The brand sha­res infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut every ingre­di­ent in the­ir soaps. In addi­ti­on, they also publish a book that inclu­des all the soap reci­pes and infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut the wor­k­shop.
 

Would you like natu­ral soap for your­self or to give as a gift? Then the col­lec­ti­on of Wer­f­ze­ep is defi­ni­tely wor­th a look. On the map below you can find whe­re the soaps are for sale.