Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Rice Bran 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 Rice Bran Oil.

Inverse 0.9781 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
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.0224 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1370

0.1340

+0.0030
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.1870

+0.0060
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.2078

+0.0067
Iodine value

37

100

-63
INS

157

87

+70
Max % of oils

15%

20%

-5
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

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INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Rice Branate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Rice Branate

—

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%

1.0%

-1.0
Palmitic C16:0

28.0%

21.0%

+7.0
Stearic C18:0

35.0%

2.0%

+33.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

33.0%

42.0%

-9.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

31.0%

-28.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterRice Bran OilΔ A−B
Hardness

63.0

24.0

+39.0
Cleansing

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Conditioning

36.0

74.0

-38.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Creamy lather

63.0

23.0

+40.0
Longevity

63.0

23.0

+40.0