Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Rice Bran Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1370NaOH SAP B 0.1280A / B = 0.1370 / 0.1280

1.0703

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0703 when swapping Cocoa Butter for Rice Bran Oil.

Inverse 0.9343 when swapping Rice Bran Oil for Cocoa Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Cocoa Butter
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Rice Bran Oil
64.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
64.00 × 1.0703 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCocoa ButterRice Bran OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.1280

+0.0090
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1940

0.1810

+0.0130
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2156

0.2011

+0.0144
Iodine value

37

100

-63
INS

157

70

+87
Max % of oils

15%

20%

-5
Hardness class

hard

soft

Trace

slows

slows

INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil

INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Ricebranate

INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Ricebranate

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCocoa ButterRice Bran 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%

22.0%

+6.0
Stearic C18:0

33.0%

3.0%

+30.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

35.0%

38.0%

-3.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

34.0%

-31.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

2.0%

-2.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterRice Bran OilΔ A−B
Hardness

61.0

25.0

+36.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

38.0

74.0

-36.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

61.0

25.0

+36.0
Longevity

61.0

25.0

+36.0