How to store Cella Brick

[rockero]

Hello everyone I just purchased Cella brick 1 Kilo. My question is how do you store the soap?

In a room at room temperature or in the refrigerator etc

All suggestions are welcome

 

[ksblazer]

I don’t have Cella

But I’m storing what’s left of my Vitos green kilo in the refrigerator.

I’ve read that it works well for Cella too. But so does the freezer.

 

[Black Adder]

Light and air are your enemies. Never had a kilo of Cella, but I buy kilos of Vitos regularly. I only use a quarter of the brick at one time, and the rest I just kept wrapped in the plastic it comes in, in the box and stored in a drawer or cupboard. I've never had a problem with this method. The last 2 kilos I bought I divided into quarters, and vacuum sealed the blocks.

 

[Wgg2017]

I'd say the absolute best is to vacuum seal it and freeze. If not that, wrap in plastic wrap and put in a freezer bag and freeze.

From my experience with bulk quantities of chicken and beef the vacuum sealer works best. Both last for at least 6 months in the freezer and taste just as good as when fresh. Over time the money saved by buying in bulk pays for the vacuum sealer. Sorry, I think I've gotten slightly off topic.

 

[HoosierTrooper]

From back in May:

Questions about Cella

So I want to order some cella but I have read conflicting opinions. I have 3 questions I'm looking for help to answer 1) I have heard that the formula for the 1 kilo brick differs from the individual portion tubs. Is this true? If so, is the brick the original and preferred formula? 2) I have...

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And a great one from the soap master Marco:

How to safely store P.160 and Cella kilo bricks

On B&B there has certainly been, in the last period, a growing interest on Italian shaving soaps. In particular P.160 and Cella seem to be very appreciated by many new lovers of these great, traditional soft soaps. I am personally receiving a lot of private messages regarding Italian made...

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[rockero]

Thank you all for your help

 

[luv2shave]

Light and air are your enemies. Never had a kilo of Cella, but I buy kilos of Vitos regularly. I only use a quarter of the brick at one time, and the rest I just kept wrapped in the plastic it comes in, in the box and stored in a drawer or cupboard. I've never had a problem with this method. The last 2 kilos I bought I divided into quarters, and vacuum sealed the blocks.

Sorry to digress. What is Vitos source ?

 

[Theodore]

Gifts and care has vitos.

 

[Black Adder]

Gifts and care has vitos.

Just what I was going to say! I ordered 2 kilos the last time, to make the shipping charges worthwhile.

 

[rockero]

Sorry to digress. What is Vitos source ?

I just ordered Vitos Red from Amazon if you are in the USA

 

[nemo]

Hard to believe that BeautyWays has the Vitos green kilo for only $14.80 here

 

[Theodore]

Just what I was going to say! I ordered 2 kilos the last time, to make the shipping charges worthwhile.

Which type is your favourite?

 

[BigJ]

Finishing the last slice of my Cella brick!

Basically, I sliced it in roughly 100 gm portions, wrapped each slice well, then froze all but the one i am using.

 

[Black Adder]

Which type is your favourite?

The red super coco is the only one I've used. I'd be confident in using any of the others. though. I think Vitos is an excellent line.

 

[Brutus]

I never bothered with storing Cella in a fridge or freezer.

Overall, I used maybe three or more blocks and all I did was cut off a slice, wrapped the remaining block tightly back into the cellophane that it had come in, put the block back in its cardboard box, and put the box on a shelf in my 75ºF/24ºC (unless when the A/C died once or twice a year) bedroom.

I never had any issues except that the colour changed into a more buttery, slightly marbled appearance. Scent got a bit weaker too, but was still pleasing to the nose.

Like most of us, I had (and still have ) more shaving soaps and creams than I really needed and every block lasted me about three years, if memory serves me right.
If one had gone rancid, I just would have bought another block or moved on to different soaps.
But they never did, despite me living in the desert at that time with summer temperatures reaching routinely 115ºF/46ºC.

I have since moved on to different shaving soaps, but Cella has never given me any trouble


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[PLANofMAN]

Hard to believe that BeautyWays has the Vitos green kilo for only $14.80 here

That's crazy. Hmm. They only have one left now.

BTW, does Vitos go bad like cella, or is it immune to that?

 

[Theodore]

That's crazy. Hmm. They only have one left now.

BTW, does Vitos go bad like cella, or is it immune to that?

I notice Vitos lists its tallow as "hydrogenated" - presumably this contributes to shelf stability?

That said, I don't know if other soap vendors are also using hydrogenated tallow and just don't bother mentioning that point.

 

[PLANofMAN]

I notice Vitos lists its tallow as "hydrogenated" - presumably this contributes to shelf stability?

That said, I don't know if other soap vendors are also using hydrogenated tallow and just don't bother mentioning that point.

Pretty sure there's rules they follow on that sort of stuff. Hydrogenated tallow is a more refined tallow product, and probably does contribute some to shelf stability.