Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Babassu Oil vs Sweet Almond Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1750NaOH SAP B 0.1360A / B = 0.1750 / 0.1360

1.2868

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2868 when swapping Babassu Oil for Sweet Almond Oil.

Inverse 0.7771 when swapping Sweet Almond Oil for Babassu Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
500 g Sweet Almond Oil
68.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.00 × 1.2868 = 87.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBabassu OilSweet Almond OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1750

0.1360

+0.0390
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2450

0.1900

+0.0550
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2722

0.2111

+0.0611
Iodine value

15

99

-84
INS

230

97

+133
Max % of oils

30%

20%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Babassuate

Sodium Sweetalmondate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Babassuate

Potassium Sweetalmondate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBabassu OilSweet Almond OilΔ 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%

7.0%

+4.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

2.0%

+2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

10.0%

71.0%

-61.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

18.0%

-16.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBabassu OilSweet Almond OilΔ A−B
Hardness

85.0

9.0

+76.0
Cleansing

70.0

0.0

+70.0
Conditioning

12.0

90.0

-78.0
Bubbly lather

70.0

0.0

+70.0
Creamy lather

15.0

9.0

+6.0
Longevity

15.0

9.0

+6.0