Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Palm Oil (RSPO)

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1420A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1420

1.2324

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2324 when swapping Babassu Oil for Palm Oil (RSPO).

Inverse 0.8114 when swapping Palm Oil (RSPO) for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Palm Oil (RSPO)
71.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
71.00 × 1.2324 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilPalm Oil (RSPO)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1420

+0.0330
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1990

+0.0460
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2211

+0.0511
Iodine value

15

53

-38
INS

230

145

+85
Max % of oils

33%

50%

-17
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Palmate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Palmate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilPalm Oil (RSPO)Δ 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%

44.0%

-35.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

5.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

39.0%

-24.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

10.0%

-8.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilPalm Oil (RSPO)Δ A−B
Hardness

74.0

50.0

+24.0
Cleansing

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Conditioning

17.0

49.0

-32.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Creamy lather

13.0

49.0

-36.0
Longevity

13.0

49.0

-36.0