Most soaps developed for children are simply repackages of adult formulations. When Canus Vermont decided to make skin care products for children, they took a different approach, starting with the specific pH of children's skin. They use their vegetable soap as a base and since fragrance can be an irritant to some children, their signature is lightly added. In addition to the gentle vegetable soap base, allantoin (from plant sources) and vitamin E were added for extra buffering.

Canus was created in the mid '90s by Andre Beauregard and Andre Falardeau. While meeting with a customer in Quebec, they were asked to help develop a line of goat's milk soap. As part of the development effort, they contacted a processor of goat's milk, based to the north of Montreal. The processor works with two cooperatives which have more than 2,500 goats in their dairy farms. The processor and the cooperatives work together to produce milk, yogurt, butter and some great chevre. Working with the cooperative's chemist, the two partners developed the great soaps, lotions and skin care products that you enjoy. All of the packaging ideas and graphics were developed by a talented childhood friend of one of the partners.