Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Canola Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1240NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1240 / 0.1830

0.6776

Multiply your lye amount by 0.6776 when swapping Canola Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.4758 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Canola Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Canola Oil
62.00 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.6776 = 62.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCanola OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1240

0.1830

-0.0590
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1740

0.2570

-0.0830
KOH SAP (90%)

0.1933

0.2856

-0.0922
Iodine value

110

10

+100
INS

56

258

-202
Max % of oils

20%

30%

-10
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Brassica Napus (Canola) Seed Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Canolate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Canolate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCanola OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

48.0%

-48.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

19.0%

-19.0
Palmitic C16:0

4.0%

9.0%

-5.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

61.0%

8.0%

+53.0
Linoleic C18:2

21.0%

2.0%

+19.0
Linolenic C18:3

9.0%

0.0%

+9.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCanola OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

6.0

79.0

-73.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

91.0

10.0

+81.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

6.0

12.0

-6.0
Longevity

6.0

12.0

-6.0