Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Sunflower 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 Sunflower Oil.

Inverse 0.7657 when swapping Sunflower Oil for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

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

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilSunflower 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

133

-118
INS

230

63

+167
Max % of oils

33%

15%

+18
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Sunflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Sunflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilSunflower 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%

7.0%

+2.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

5.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

19.0%

-4.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

68.0%

-66.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilSunflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

74.0

12.0

+62.0
Cleansing

61.0

0.0

+61.0
Conditioning

17.0

88.0

-71.0
Bubbly lather

61.0

0.0

+61.0
Creamy lather

13.0

12.0

+1.0
Longevity

13.0

12.0

+1.0