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Mandy Powell said that she originally thought that the product would be like a breakfast bar
An edible soap for toast on the toast was launched to raise awareness of the choice at which certain families face between the purchase of food and hygiene.
The Goodwash Company, by Barry, and the hygiene bank’s charitable body produced the first edible soap of the United Kingdom as part of a campaign to highlight the reduction in hygiene poverty and to call VAT on hygiene products.
Hygiene poverty has proven to affect approximately 4.2 million adults in the United Kingdom last year, according to research by Yougov in the name of the hygiene bank.
Currently, soap and other essential hygiene products are subject to a VAT rate of 20%, treating them as non -essential items.
The hygiene bank launched a petition calling for a tax change around this.
The treasure was approached for comments.
Addressing BBC Radio Wales, Mandy Powell, CEO and co-founder of Skin Care Brand The Goodwash Company, said that she thought she would originally make a breakfast bar with oats and algae as a subject of discussion on hygiene poverty.
“I went back to them with the idea and they said: No, we want a good bar of soap flour, something like beans on toast or a Tikka Masala of chicken,” she said.
“So I’m back in the team and I said that I think it will be a little more difficult than I thought. But we are 12 months later and we have beans on soap.”
The soap is flavored to have the taste of beans on toast and is made from cocoa butter, organic oatmeal, avocado oil and paprika as well as beans and toast.
Goodwash has created a toast soap with toast
It is also possible to buy a virtual version of the SOAP on the Goodwash Company website for £ 15, which according to the hygiene bank is the average cost of soap over a year.
All the benefits of the sale of edible soap go directly to the hygiene bank.
“It’s pretty fun, but there is a serious message behind,” said Powell.
Speaking of the campaign to reduce VAT on hygiene products, Ruth Brock, CEO of the hygiene bank, said that Soap was a necessity, “not a luxury”.
“This campaign depends more than a simple reform of VAT-it is a question of recognizing hygiene as a fundamental right,” she added.
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The soap also drew the attention of Michelin star chefs in London where they added chips to food.
“There were about eight or ten Michelin stars chefs in London who asked for the soap bar,” added Ms. Powell.
She added that the chefs added it to their dishes or included it on their restaurant menu to raise awareness of the countryside, describing it as “incredible”.
One of these chefs is Chantelle Nicholson, owner of Mayfair restaurant Apricité, who paired the soap with mushrooms and wild garlic.
