Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Avocado Oil vs Lard

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1330NaOH SAP B 0.1380A / B = 0.1330 / 0.1380

0.9638

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9638 when swapping Avocado Oil for Lard.

Inverse 1.0376 when swapping Lard for Avocado Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Avocado Oil
66.50 g NaOH
500 g Lard
69.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
69.00 × 0.9638 = 66.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricAvocado OilLardΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1330

0.1380

-0.0050
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1860

0.1930

-0.0070
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2067

0.2144

-0.0078
Iodine value

86

57

+29
INS

99

139

-40
Max % of oils

20%

100%

-80
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

Lard

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Avocadoate

Sodium Lardate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Avocadoate

Potassium Lardate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricAvocado OilLardΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0
Palmitic C16:0

20.0%

28.0%

-8.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

13.0%

-11.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

58.0%

46.0%

+12.0
Linoleic C18:2

12.0%

6.0%

+6.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

1.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricAvocado OilLardΔ A−B
Hardness

22.0

42.0

-20.0
Cleansing

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Conditioning

71.0

53.0

+18.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Creamy lather

22.0

41.0

-19.0
Longevity

22.0

41.0

-19.0