Products
Bar Soaps
Second-generation owner Jim Breazeale’s first summer job was making U.S. Government GI yellow bar soap in the 1950s. Back then, bar soap production was a hands-on process: soap was cooked in kettles and poured into massive frames holding over 1,000 pounds. After cooling for three days, the blocks were sliced with metal wires into 8oz and 16oz bars, packaged into wooden crates, and shipped overseas.
Today, bar soap manufacturing has come a long way. At Vanguard, we use modern high-speed soap extrusion lines and versatile soap packaging equipment to efficiently manufacture a wide range of custom bar soap products for branded companies, private label clients, retailers, and hospitality groups.
Certifications
We take quality seriously. Vanguard is ISO 9001:2015 certified for both custom bar and custom liquid soap manufacturing, and we’re also FDA-registered to make over-the-counter soaps. If your products need to be certified organic, we’ve got that covered too with processes that meet the USDA National Organic Program standards. Our certifications support our ability to deliver safe, consistent, and compliant results in custom soap manufacturing for brands of all sizes.
Our certifications mean you can trust us to get it right—whether it’s ingredients, labeling, or compliance.
Bar Soap Production
As a leading bar soap manufacturer based in the United States, Vanguard Soap brings decades of experience in soap chemistry, formulation, and high-volume production. We offer scalable solutions for private label bar soap, natural and organic soaps, and custom bar soap manufacturing to meet your brand’s unique needs.
Our bar soap manufacturing capabilities include state-of-the-art finishing lines with an annual capacity exceeding 350 million bars. Whether you need traditional, novelty, or specialty soap bars, we have the technology and expertise to deliver.
We produce bars ranging from under 0.5 oz to over 12 oz, with a substantial inventory of bar soap dies in various sizes and shapes, including custom and novelty options. Our engineering team can also work directly with your brand to develop custom soap bar molds and shapes.
Our in-house soap packaging solutions include clear film wrapping, flow wrapping, paper wrapping, and cartoning. We also support multi-pack formats such as over-wrapping, banded labeling, and L-sealing, which is ideal for retail or wholesale applications.
Our processes adhere to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and are backed by robust quality systems, including ISO 9001 registration. We are also FDA registered and OTCO certified for the manufacture of organic bar soap, as well as RSPO and non-GMO product lines.
Research & Development
Our experienced R&D team includes specialists who have been developing bar soap formulations for over 20 years. At Vanguard, we continuously monitor emerging trends in ingredients, skincare, and sustainability—allowing us to offer innovative, market-ready solutions to our private label and branded product clients.
In recent years, we’ve expanded our focus on natural and organic bar soap, while continuing to produce a wide range of traditional and specialty products—including shampoo bars, conditioning bars, and other solid-format cleansers.
Because we create our own custom soap bases, we can tailor formulations using unique oils and additives that require precise saponification. This allows greater flexibility when adding active ingredients, essential oils, exfoliants, or other specialty components at multiple points during the soap manufacturing process.
Our on-site development and sample lab is fully equipped to produce manufacturing-quality prototypes that meet your performance, color, and fragrance requirements. These samples are tested in-house for stability, activity, and, when applicable, microbiological integrity. We pride ourselves on being able to provide manufacturing-quality samples for our customers to test and approve.
Our package development team also works alongside formulation experts to ensure that your soap is paired with the right packaging materials to support both product protection and market appeal.
Quality Assurance
Our “Quality Policy,” which Charles Breazeale established in the 1950s, still guides us today:
“We strive to be the best at meeting the needs of our customers through quality, the result of intelligent effort.”
At Vanguard Soap, quality is more than a checkbox, it’s built into every step of our bar soap and liquid soap manufacturing process. We follow a full-cycle quality control system that includes:
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Real-time process controls and monitoring
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Technical analysis and lab validation
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On-line inspection of all production soaps and liquids
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Quarantine and testing of all incoming raw materials
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Microbiological testing to ensure product safety and shelf stability
To remain aligned with industry benchmarks and client expectations, we actively pursue and maintain key certifications. Our current credentials include:
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FDA Registration (Over the Counter “OTC” Soaps)
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Certified Processor of Organic Bar Soap Products
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ISO 9001 Registered Quality System
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RSPO Certified for sustainable palm oil
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Non-GMO Certification
We believe Vanguard Soap is the only U.S.-based contract bar and liquid soap manufacturer to hold this broad and robust range of certifications, demonstrating our commitment to compliance, performance, and product integrity.