Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Hemp Seed Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

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

1.0000

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0000 when swapping Cocoa Butter for Hemp Seed Oil.

Inverse 1.0000 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Cocoa Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Cocoa Butter
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.50 × 1.0000 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCocoa ButterHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.1370

0.0000
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.1930

0.0000
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.2144

0.0000
Iodine value

37

165

-128
INS

157

39

+118
Max % of oils

15%

10%

+5
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Hempseedate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Hempseedate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCocoa ButterHemp Seed 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%

6.0%

+22.0
Stearic C18:0

35.0%

2.0%

+33.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

33.0%

12.0%

+21.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

56.0%

-53.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

21.0%

-21.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Hardness

63.0

8.0

+55.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

36.0

89.0

-53.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

63.0

8.0

+55.0
Longevity

63.0

8.0

+55.0