Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Avocado Oil vs Shea Butter (Unrefined)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1330NaOH SAP B 0.1280A / B = 0.1330 / 0.1280

1.0391

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0391 when swapping Avocado Oil for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

Inverse 0.9624 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for Avocado Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Avocado Oil
66.50 g NaOH
500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
64.00 × 1.0391 = 66.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricAvocado OilShea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1330

0.1280

+0.0050
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1870

0.1790

+0.0080
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2078

0.1989

+0.0089
Iodine value

86

60

+26
INS

99

116

-17
Max % of oils

20%

15%

+5
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Avocadoate

Sodium Shea Butterate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Avocadoate

Potassium Shea Butterate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricAvocado OilShea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

12.0%

5.0%

+7.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

40.0%

-38.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

65.0%

48.0%

+17.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

6.0%

+9.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricAvocado OilShea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
Hardness

14.0

45.0

-31.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

81.0

54.0

+27.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

14.0

45.0

-31.0
Longevity

14.0

45.0

-31.0