Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Canola Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1370NaOH SAP B 0.1240A / B = 0.1370 / 0.1240

1.1048

Multiply your lye amount by 1.1048 when swapping Cocoa Butter for Canola Oil.

Inverse 0.9051 when swapping Canola Oil for Cocoa Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Cocoa Butter
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Canola Oil
62.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
62.00 × 1.1048 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCocoa ButterCanola OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.1240

+0.0130
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1940

0.1740

+0.0200
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2156

0.1933

+0.0222
Iodine value

37

110

-73
INS

157

56

+101
Max % of oils

15%

20%

-5
Hardness class

hard

soft

Trace

slows

slows

INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Brassica Napus (Canola) Seed Oil

INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Canolate

INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Canolate

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCocoa ButterCanola OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

28.0%

4.0%

+24.0
Stearic C18:0

33.0%

2.0%

+31.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

35.0%

61.0%

-26.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

21.0%

-18.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

9.0%

-9.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterCanola OilΔ A−B
Hardness

61.0

6.0

+55.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

38.0

91.0

-53.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

61.0

6.0

+55.0
Longevity

61.0

6.0

+55.0