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ISSN: 2094-1749 Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 2011
Seaweed Bath Soap Product
Formulation and Development
Abstract
Rogelio M. Estacio
Associate Professor
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines
The process of making bath soap comprises the following steps: preparation of alkaline
solution; preparation of seaweed gel, papaya (Carica papaya Linn), atsuete (Bixa orellana Linn)
and coconut oil as primary ingredients of the product, and mixing these ingredients to produce
a thick solution, pouring the solution into the molder, cooling and solidifying the solution at
room temperature, aging , and packaging the end- product.
The “Seaweed Bath Soap” was an offshoot product of the project entitled “ Seaweed Gel
Extract Product Formulation and Development.” The soap product containing a mixture of
seaweed gel, papaya and atsuete extract were brought to the Cagayan Valley Herbal Processing
Plant.- Philippine Institute for Traditional and Alternative Health Care, Carig, Tuguegarao City
for bioassay analysis and testing. After which, it was subjected to sensory evaluation by trained
panelists of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University- North La Union Campus.
Result of the study revealed that the soap product was found to be very much acceptable in its
overall quality attributes.
Keywords: Seaweeds bath soap, seaweed gel extract, seaweed product formulation, herbal
soap, DMMMSU soap
Introduction
In the Ilocos Region, seaweeds such as sargassum, gracilaria and eucheuma are abundant.
Eucheuma is cultured in some parts of the province. Favorable growth of this seaweed is noted
but still limited to meet the export demand. Sargassum, however, is found washed up on beaches
in large quantity or floating near shore. Sargassum is found throughout the world’s ocean and
seas and none is known to be poisonous. It is usually ignored by coastal dwellers and treated as
waste in the coastal area.
The objective is to utilize seaweeds such as eucheuma, gracilaria and sargassum seaweeds, and
turned them into something that would result to a better income opportunity for the fish farmers
in the region.
This work can also create employment by putting small and medium enterprises of the product in
coastal communities as livelihood projects of housewives, out of school youths and jobless
adults.
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