Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Hemp Seed Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1370A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1370

1.2774

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2774 when swapping Babassu Oil for Hemp Seed Oil.

Inverse 0.7829 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.50 × 1.2774 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1370

+0.0380
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1930

+0.0520
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2144

+0.0578
Iodine value

15

165

-150
INS

230

39

+191
Max % of oils

33%

10%

+23
Hardness class

hard

soft

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Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Hempseedate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Hempseedate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

44.0%

0.0%

+44.0
Myristic C14:0

17.0%

0.0%

+17.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

6.0%

+3.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

2.0%

+2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

12.0%

+3.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

56.0%

-54.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

21.0%

-21.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Hardness

74.0

8.0

+66.0
Cleansing

61.0

0.0

+61.0
Conditioning

17.0

89.0

-72.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

0.0

+61.0
Creamy lather

13.0

8.0

+5.0
Longevity

13.0

8.0

+5.0