Product overview
Nubian Heritage African Black Bar Soap: What to Know
Per third-party ingredient listings for this product (Nubian Heritage's own site could not be reached during this research), the bar's base is a soap of sodium palmate and sodium palm kernelate, combined with shea butter (Butyrospermum Parkii), aloe vera leaf juice, colloidal oatmeal, cocoa pod ash (Theobroma Cacao Pod Ash), glycerin, fragrance, and vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate). The cocoa pod ash and carbon are the traditional ingredients that give African black soap its dark color -- it isn't a synthetic dye.
Retailer listings (Target, Vitacost) describe the bar as marketed by the brand as 'detoxifying and balancing,' built with Fair Trade shea butter, aloe, oats, and vitamin E, positioned for all skin types, and sold as cruelty-free. These are brand and retailer marketing descriptions, not medical claims we're independently verifying. Traditional African black soap has a long regional history of use, which we mention as background context only.
The listing referenced is a single 5 oz bar. Nubian Heritage sells the same 'African Black Soap' branding across bar soap, liquid hand soap, body wash, lotion, and a separate facial bar, plus bar multi-packs from 2 to 12 count -- it's easy to select the wrong format if you're not reading the listing closely.
Key Listed Features
Traditional African black soap format with cocoa pod ash and carbon for its characteristic dark color
Contains Fair Trade-sourced shea butter, aloe vera leaf juice, and colloidal oatmeal per ingredient listings
Marketed by the brand as cruelty-free and suited to all skin types
Sold as a single 5 oz bar, with larger multi-packs available as separate listings
