Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Lard

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1390A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1390

1.2590

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2590 when swapping Babassu Oil for Lard.

Inverse 0.7943 when swapping Lard for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Lard
69.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
69.50 × 1.2590 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilLardΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1390

+0.0360
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1950

+0.0500
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2167

+0.0556
Iodine value

15

57

-42
INS

230

139

+91
Max % of oils

33%

50%

-17
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Adeps Suillus (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

44.0%

0.0%

+44.0
Myristic C14:0

17.0%

1.0%

+16.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

26.0%

-17.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

14.0%

-10.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

44.0%

-29.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

10.0%

-8.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilLardΔ A−B
Hardness

74.0

41.0

+33.0
Cleansing

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Conditioning

17.0

55.0

-38.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Creamy lather

13.0

40.0

-27.0
Longevity

13.0

40.0

-27.0