Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Shea Butter (Unrefined)

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1280A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1280

1.3672

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3672 when swapping Babassu Oil for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

Inverse 0.7314 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
64.00 × 1.3672 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilShea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1280

+0.0470
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1790

+0.0660
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.1989

+0.0733
Iodine value

15

60

-45
INS

230

116

+114
Max % of oils

30%

15%

+15
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Shea Butterate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Shea Butterate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilShea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

50.0%

0.0%

+50.0
Myristic C14:0

20.0%

0.0%

+20.0
Palmitic C16:0

11.0%

5.0%

+6.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

40.0%

-36.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

10.0%

48.0%

-38.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

6.0%

-4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilShea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
Hardness

85.0

45.0

+40.0
Cleansing

70.0

0.0

+70.0
Conditioning

12.0

54.0

-42.0
Bubbly lather

70.0

0.0

+70.0
Creamy lather

15.0

45.0

-30.0
Longevity

15.0

45.0

-30.0