Goats milk

by Sally
(Philippines)

Why my goats milk turn brown?


Answer:

Goat's milk and lye react with one another so a soap made with goat's milk will turn brown and sometimes even orange.

To minimize the colour change, try adding the lye to a reduced amount of water and adding in the remaining amount of liquid as goats milk at a thin trace. This produces a light beige soap rather than a dark tan colour.

Cathy

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by: Woody

I have a question concerning goat milk lotion. I have just
Started, My last batch has turned dark, a kind of beige
Color. I was very careful to follow all instructions. Cleaned all
Utensils with bleach,and then sprayed with alcohol. I pasteurized the milk and even boiled the distiller water. I used
Optiphen as preserver as well as Vit. E, and grapefruit seed
Extract. The lotion has no strange or rancid odor. I can,t
Imagine what could have caused this. My previous batch was great And I didn't. Use optiphen. I also added some vitamin
C crystals which I was informed would also to help as a preservative. If you could give some help I sure would be grateful. I can't in good faith sell this lotion at our local farmers market. I just don't see how there could be anything
Wrong with the lotion,but it just doesn't look right.

Hope someone can give some insight. Would be very grateful.

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by: John McPhail

Hi Sally

When I make my Goats Milk Soap
( www.facebook/MyGoapSoap )
The process use is as follows

Add the lye to the water (30% of the total liquid)
I place the container in a sink with cold water (and ice in summer) adding the lye gradually so the temp does not rise to much takes about 5 min to complete this stage. I then cool the water solution to 35 degrees C approx then slowly add the goats milk, it will turn a pale yellow colour, keeping the temp below 42 deg C. Once the milk and water solution is at 40 deg C with all the milk added I add it to the oils, which also are 40 deg C. My soap is a medium to dark beige in colour and tends to lighten while curing.
I also find different oils have an effect on colour too.

Hope this helps
Cheers
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by: Mary Ann

I have made only one batch of Goat Milk and Honey Soap that did not turn carmel color and I don't know what I did to replicate it. I use real g. milk (not powdered) and real honey(not powdered),
also I use the room tempeture method. I think it turns carmel color because of the chemical reation between the lye and the milk, it gets hot and must cook the milk and honey. It does have a nice carmel smell.

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