Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Olive Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1370NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1370 / 0.1340

1.0224

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0224 when swapping Cocoa Butter for Olive Oil.

Inverse 0.9781 when swapping Olive Oil for Cocoa Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Cocoa Butter
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.0224 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCocoa ButterOlive OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.1340

+0.0030
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1940

0.1880

+0.0060
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2156

0.2089

+0.0067
Iodine value

37

85

-48
INS

157

109

+48
Max % of oils

15%

100%

-85
Hardness class

hard

soft

Trace

slows

slows

INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Olivate

INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Olivate

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCocoa ButterOlive 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%

14.0%

+14.0
Stearic C18:0

33.0%

3.0%

+30.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

35.0%

71.0%

-36.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

11.0%

-8.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterOlive OilΔ A−B
Hardness

61.0

17.0

+44.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

38.0

83.0

-45.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

61.0

17.0

+44.0
Longevity

61.0

17.0

+44.0