Photo coming: first test batch
First entry coming
The date, the photo and the cure weight go here once the first batch is poured.
First run, 2026One tallow bar.
One tallow bar.
Your label.
I make one beef tallow soap bar in Asunción, Paraguay, for US meat and ranch brands to sell under their own label. This is the first run, and you can watch every step of it.
Who makes it
I'm Hugo
My name is Hugo Manders. I'm setting up a small soap workshop in Asunción, Paraguay, and I'm building it now.
It's new and it's small. There's no big factory behind this and no list of past clients. I'd rather tell you that here than have you find out later.
When you write, you'll get me, not a sales team.
The bar
One bar, done properly
One recipe
Beef tallow soap, made the same way every batch.
One size
A 4 oz bar. Nothing else on the list.
Your label
You choose the label. That's the only thing that changes.
Soap cleans. That's all I'll say about it.
How it works
Four steps to a first order
- Step 1
Reserve a sample
Send me an email and I'll put a sample bar aside for you.
- Step 2
We talk
About your brand, your label and what you need from the bar.
- Step 3
Watch it cure
While the bars cure, I send you dated photos and the weekly cure weight.
- Step 4
The first order
Once you've seen the proof and we agree on terms, we make your first order.
Build log
The work, as it happens
Every pour, cut and weigh-in goes here, with a dated photo. While the bars cure, I post the weight each week, so you can see them dry down.
Each batch gets a lot label. Any bar can be traced back to the day it was made.
The first entries are coming. Nothing has been poured for this log yet, so there's nothing to show. I'd rather leave it empty than fill it with made-up numbers.
LotNot assigned yetPouredNot yetCuredNot yetMade inAsunción, Paraguay
Landlocked. Shipped by river.
The honest facts
- First run
- This is the first run. There's no track record yet, so I show the work instead.
- Landlocked
- Paraguay has no coast. The bars leave by river, so we plan ahead.
- No ship date yet
- I won't give a ship date until the bar can legally leave Paraguay. Export clearance comes first.
Contact
Write to me
If you run a meat or ranch brand and want a sample bar, send me an email. I read every one myself.
Instagram: coming soon.