Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Jojoba Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1370NaOH SAP B 0.0660A / B = 0.1370 / 0.0660

2.0758

Multiply your lye amount by 2.0758 when swapping Cocoa Butter for Jojoba Oil.

Inverse 0.4818 when swapping Jojoba Oil for Cocoa Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Cocoa Butter
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Jojoba Oil
33.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
33.00 × 2.0758 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCocoa ButterJojoba OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.0660

+0.0710
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.0925

+0.1005
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.1028

+0.1117
Iodine value

37

83

-46
INS

157

11

+146
Max % of oils

15%

5%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Jojobate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Jojobate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCocoa ButterJojoba 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%

1.0%

+27.0
Stearic C18:0

35.0%

0.0%

+35.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

33.0%

10.0%

+23.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

0.0%

+3.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterJojoba OilΔ A−B
Hardness

63.0

1.0

+62.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

36.0

10.0

+26.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

63.0

1.0

+62.0
Longevity

63.0

1.0

+62.0