Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Avocado Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1330NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1330 / 0.1830

0.7268

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7268 when swapping Avocado Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.3759 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Avocado Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Avocado Oil
66.50 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.7268 = 66.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricAvocado OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1330

0.1830

-0.0500
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1870

0.2570

-0.0700
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2078

0.2856

-0.0778
Iodine value

86

10

+76
INS

99

258

-159
Max % of oils

20%

30%

-10
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Avocadoate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Avocadoate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricAvocado OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

48.0%

-48.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

19.0%

-19.0
Palmitic C16:0

12.0%

9.0%

+3.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

65.0%

8.0%

+57.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

2.0%

+13.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricAvocado OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

14.0

79.0

-65.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

81.0

10.0

+71.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

14.0

12.0

+2.0
Longevity

14.0

12.0

+2.0