Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Mango Seed Butter

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1371A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1371

1.2764

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2764 when swapping Babassu Oil for Mango Seed Butter.

Inverse 0.7834 when swapping Mango Seed Butter for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Mango Seed Butter
68.55 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.55 × 1.2764 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilMango Seed ButterΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1371

+0.0379
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1923

+0.0527
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2137

+0.0586
Iodine value

15

45

-30
INS

230

146

+84
Max % of oils

33%

15%

+18
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Mango Butterate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Mango Butterate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilMango Seed ButterΔ 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%

7.0%

+2.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

42.0%

-38.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

45.0%

-30.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilMango Seed ButterΔ A−B
Hardness

74.0

50.0

+24.0
Cleansing

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Conditioning

17.0

48.0

-31.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Creamy lather

13.0

49.0

-36.0
Longevity

13.0

49.0

-36.0