Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Olive Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1340

1.3060

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3060 when swapping Babassu Oil for Olive Oil.

Inverse 0.7657 when swapping Olive Oil for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.3060 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilOlive OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1340

+0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1880

+0.0570
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2089

+0.0633
Iodine value

15

85

-70
INS

230

109

+121
Max % of oils

33%

100%

-67
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Olivate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Olivate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilOlive 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%

14.0%

-5.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

3.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

71.0%

-56.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

11.0%

-9.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilOlive OilΔ A−B
Hardness

74.0

17.0

+57.0
Cleansing

61.0

0.0

+61.0
Conditioning

17.0

83.0

-66.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

0.0

+61.0
Creamy lather

13.0

17.0

-4.0
Longevity

13.0

17.0

-4.0