Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1830

0.9563

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9563 when swapping Babassu Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.0457 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.9563 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1750

0.1830

-0.0080
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.2570

-0.0120
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2856

-0.0133
Iodine value

15

10

+5
INS

230

258

-28
Max % of oils

33%

30%

+3
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

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

44.0%

48.0%

-4.0
Myristic C14:0

17.0%

19.0%

-2.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

9.0%

0.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

3.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

8.0%

+7.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

2.0%

0.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

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

74.0

79.0

-5.0
Cleansing

61.0

67.0

-6.0
Conditioning

17.0

10.0

+7.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

67.0

-6.0
Creamy lather

13.0

12.0

+1.0
Longevity

13.0

12.0

+1.0