Certified by the same national organic program that certifies food our pump soaps are smooth and luxurious with no synthetic detergents or preservatives organic shikakai comes from the seed pods of the small south asian tree acadia concinna and has been used for millennia in india as a gentle conditioning cleanser for both skin and hair we extract the shikakai in organic sugar and grape juice and combine with dr bronners unsurpassed castile soap base for rich emollient lather and moisturisin