Mt Sapola was named after the mountain where natural soap was first discovered by the ancients Romans. The Romans were the first to discover soap at the bottom of this mountain when a clay-like substance of fat trickled down the mountain, into the river through draindrops. This produced a foaming substance that made their clothes cleaner - the precrusor to modern-day soap. With this, Mt Sapola produced the first batch of their natural handmade soap in 1997. Today, production has expanded into a wide-range of naturopathic spa products to support its world wide operations.