Is foaming hand soap better than liquid or bar soap?Updated a year ago

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Firstly, most people prefer foaming or liquid soap over bar soap, especially in shared environments such as the kitchen or a shared bathroom.

Foam soaps are more eco-friendly. Industry studies found people using foam soap consumed 16% less water than liquid soap.

Furthermore, a bottle of Tirtyl Foaming hand Soap lasts approximately 450 pumps (using a Tirtyl bottle) compared to normal liquid soap with 125 pumps.

Foaming soaps typically biodegrade faster than traditional soaps, partly due to the forced air that causes natural lathering. As a result, less soap ends up down the drain which is better for our environment.

While there doesn’t appear to be any advantage for soap foam over liquid soap when compared in a laboratory environment, there appears to be a social and psychological component to the benefits of foam.

In North America, and increasingly around the world, foam soap products are considered more luxurious, and are typically reported as being preferred over liquid soap due to the rich, thick texture of the product. It stands to reason that the more people enjoy using the product, the more likely they are to use it – theoretically increasing hand hygiene compliance rates. More studies on this topic are needed, but for this reason, foam soap may offer some hygienic advantage over traditional soap products.