Zote is a Mexican company primarily known for its
laundry soap. The soap is popular for hand washing clothes and pretreating
oily stains.
Zote's best known product is a pink bar of soap which is intended for laundry.
History
The soap brand was started in 1970 by Esteban González Padilla.
The name is a
play on words
Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonet ...
in Spanish; ''Jabón-Zote'', the
-ote suffix emphasizing a large size.
The soap is produced in the ''Fábrica de Jabón La Corona'' in
Ecatepec
Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Mexico, and is situated in the north part of the greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec i ...
,
Mexico State
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.
Most of the brand's sales are domestic, with 15% of sales from markets outside of Mexico, primarily in the United States and South America.
According to the company, soap sales increased by 20% in 2020 amid the
covid pandemic
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.
Products
The ingredients of the pink Zote bar are
sodium tallowate (animal fat),
sodium cocoate
Sodium cocoate is a mixture of fatty acid salts (acid salts) of coconut oil that is used in some soaps.
Sodium cocoate is produced by hydrolysis of the ester linkages in coconut oil with sodium hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and ...
,
Citronella oil
Citronella oil
Citronella oil is an essential oil obtained from the leaves and stems of different species of ''Cymbopogon'' (lemongrass). The oil is used extensively as a source of perfumery chemicals such as citronellal, citronellol, and geranio ...
(fragrance),
glycerin
Glycerol (), also called glycerine in British English and glycerin in American English, is a simple triol compound. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is sweet-tasting and non-toxic. The glycerol backbone is found in lipids known ...
and
optical brightener
Optical brighteners, optical brightening agents (OBAs), fluorescent brightening agents (FBAs), or fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), are chemical compounds that absorb light in the ultraviolet and violet region (usually 340-370 nm) of the ...
.
Other laundry products include specialized bars of soap, indicated by the color, laundry flakes and liquid detergent.
Non-laundry products include
consumer items like
cooking oil ''Aceite 123'' and bath soap ''Rosa Venus''.
Industrial items include vegetable oil ''Grano de Oro'', sold primarily to baking companies, and pharmaceutical grade glycerin.
See also
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Fels-Naptha
Fels-Naptha is an American brand of laundry soap manufactured by Summit Brands. The soap was originally created in 1893 by Fels and Company.
It originally included the ingredient naphtha, effective for cleaning laundry and urushiol, an oil cont ...
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List of cleaning products
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References
Cleaning product brands
Soap brands
Mexican brands
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