Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Lard

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1380A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1380

1.2681

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2681 when swapping Babassu Oil for Lard.

Inverse 0.7886 when swapping Lard for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Lard
69.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
69.00 × 1.2681 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilLardΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1380

+0.0370
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1930

+0.0520
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2144

+0.0578
Iodine value

15

57

-42
INS

230

139

+91
Max % of oils

30%

100%

-70
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Lard

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Lardate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Lardate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilLardΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

50.0%

0.0%

+50.0
Myristic C14:0

20.0%

1.0%

+19.0
Palmitic C16:0

11.0%

28.0%

-17.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

13.0%

-9.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

10.0%

46.0%

-36.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

6.0%

-4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilLardΔ A−B
Hardness

85.0

42.0

+43.0
Cleansing

70.0

1.0

+69.0
Conditioning

12.0

53.0

-41.0
Bubbly lather

70.0

1.0

+69.0
Creamy lather

15.0

41.0

-26.0
Longevity

15.0

41.0

-26.0