| Commercial name of soap | Matter insoluble in alcohol (%) | Moisture content (%) | Total fat matter (%) | Free caustic alkalinity (%) | Percentage (%) chloride | pH | Total alkali (%) |
| Yellow star | 20.88 ± 0.39 | 17.04 ± 9.79 | 57.22 ± 0.41 | 0.01 ± 0.005 | 1.01 ± 0.03 | 11.01 ± 0.02 | 0.50 ± 0.05 |
| Shujaa | 31.45 ± 2.82 | 10.91 ± 1.27 | 53.12 ± 1.86 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.17 ± 0.04 | 10.68 ± 0.06 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| White star | 61.86 ± 2.78 | 13.58 ± 1.78 | 22.64 ± 2.30 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | 11.71 ± 0.03 | 0.86 ± 0.00 |
| Ndume | 19.87 ± 6.73 | 22.69 ± 0.94 | 52.95 ± 7.02 | 0.01 ± 0.005 | 0.51 ± 0.03 | 10.65 ± 0.03 | 0.12 ± 0.05 |
| Jamaa | 19.86 ± 1.42 | 16.84 ± 0.52 | 58.35 ± 0.83 | 0.05 ± 0.008 | 0.82 ± 0.05 | 11.44 ± 0.03 | 0.56 ± 0.05 |
| Sunlight | 6.22 ± 0.34 | 17.27 ± 1.18 | 70.51 ± 0.81 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | 10.80 ± 0.03 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| Menengai | 9.84 ± 1.06 | 20.53 ± 0.19 | 63.87 ± 0.96 | 0.01 ± 0.005 | 0.80 ± 0.04 | 11.19 ± 0.02 | 0.99 ± 0.05 |
| White wash | 15.00 ± 3.23 | 17.49 ± 0.55 | 61.49 ± 3.38 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.07 ± 0.00 | 10.63 ± 0.01 | 0.19 ± 0.05 |