Head-to-head

Castor Oil vs Mango Seed Butter

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1280NaOH SAP B 0.1371A / B = 0.1280 / 0.1371

0.9336

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9336 when swapping Castor Oil for Mango Seed Butter.

Inverse 1.0711 when swapping Mango Seed Butter for Castor Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Castor Oil
64.00 g NaOH
500 g Mango Seed Butter
68.55 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.55 × 0.9336 = 64.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCastor OilMango Seed ButterΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1280

0.1371

-0.0091
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1800

0.1923

-0.0123
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2000

0.2137

-0.0137
Iodine value

86

45

+41
INS

95

146

-51
Max % of oils

10%

15%

-5
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil

Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Ricinoleate

Sodium Mango Butterate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Ricinoleate

Potassium Mango Butterate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCastor OilMango Seed ButterΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0
Palmitic C16:0

1.0%

7.0%

-6.0
Stearic C18:0

1.0%

42.0%

-41.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

90.0%

0.0%

+90.0
Oleic C18:1

4.0%

45.0%

-41.0
Linoleic C18:2

4.0%

3.0%

+1.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCastor OilMango Seed ButterΔ A−B
Hardness

2.0

50.0

-48.0
Cleansing

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Conditioning

98.0

48.0

+50.0
Bubbly lather

90.0

1.0

+89.0
Creamy lather

92.0

49.0

+43.0
Longevity

2.0

49.0

-47.0