Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Rice Bran 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 Rice Bran Oil.

Inverse 0.7657 when swapping Rice Bran Oil for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

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

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilRice Bran OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1340

+0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1870

+0.0580
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2078

+0.0644
Iodine value

15

100

-85
INS

230

87

+143
Max % of oils

33%

20%

+13
Hardness class

hard

soft

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Trace

accelerates

slows

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INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Rice Branate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Rice Branate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilRice Bran OilΔ 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%

21.0%

-12.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

2.0%

+2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

42.0%

-27.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

31.0%

-29.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilRice Bran OilΔ A−B
Hardness

74.0

24.0

+50.0
Cleansing

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Conditioning

17.0

74.0

-57.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

1.0

+60.0
Creamy lather

13.0

23.0

-10.0
Longevity

13.0

23.0

-10.0