aren’t all the soaps antibacterial? How come some soaps (e.g. Dove) don’t mention anything about its antibacterial properties?

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aren’t all the soaps antibacterial? How come some soaps (e.g. Dove) don’t mention anything about its antibacterial properties?

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Answer 1

Antibacterial means *kills* bacteria. And, at least in some jurisdictions, you need to actually to lab testing to prove that before you can make an anti-bacterial claim.

Removing bacteria (which all soaps can do) isn’t killing them, so doesn’t necessarily count.