Glycerin

A by-product from soap making.

A clear, sweet tasting ( three quarters as sweet as sugar), oily liguid, which will blister the tongue in pure form because of its high alkalinity. AKA the zap test. (don't say soapmakers who do this test aren't concerned for their customers safety)
It, too, is used in antifreeze, dynamite (nitroglycerin), toothpaste, lotions, and hand creams, dried fruits, pie crusts, flower preserving, and medicines (eye and ear drops, poison ivy creams, suppositories, and contraceptive jellies.

Now glycerin is being added back into the soap being used in Melt and Pour soap bases by the handcrafters.

It is not the only alcohol used though.
Why do we have to be so specific when asking what is going in or being absorbed by our bodies?

HOW TO PHRASE YOUR QUESTION ABOUT ALCOHOL IN FLAVOR OF A FOOD PRODUCT

The question about alcohol in flavor is a tricky one because it is a hidden ingredient of the flavor. If you ask alcohol question to non technical consumer department person of a food company, first they look at the ingredients list of the food product and will find no alcohol is mentioned. Then they will say we do not use alcohol in our products because they do not know the alcohol is a hidden ingredient of the flavor. We request Muslim consumers to use the following phrase when asking or writing the question to consumer department of any food company regarding the presence or absence of alcohol in the flavor of a food product.

" is alcohol used as a solvent in flavor; alcohol is a hidden ingredient or processing aid ingredient of a flavor, it will not appear in the ingredients statement. The knowledge of presence or absence of alcohol in flavor is only known to your QA or Technical service department because they have access to the specification of flavors. In the specification of flavor, your flavor supplier has written the name of solvent or carrier used in that particular flavor. So please request your QA or Technical service department to find out whether alcohol was used or not in the flavor as a solvent. The consumer department can not answer this question because they do not have access to specification of ingredients".