Tallow makes this soap pristine white. It’s. Good for so many things. Excellent for all skin types. It’s a hard long lasting soap. It’s gentle and nourishing. This soap is also excellent for stopping poison ivy/oak out breaks in its tracks. If you used within the first 12 hours of contact with the oil these irritants, it’s possible you will not even have an outbreak. It has the ability to neutralize the oil on the skin from the plant and inhibited from spreading under the skin. This is also excellent for removing stains if used on a stain that has not been dried in the dryer it works wanders on stains, like blood, make up, food, stains, grape juice… This is the simplest form of Soap!