Head-to-head

Cocoa Butter vs Sunflower 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 Sunflower Oil.

Inverse 0.9781 when swapping Sunflower Oil for Cocoa Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

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

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCocoa ButterSunflower 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

133

-96
INS

157

63

+94
Max % of oils

15%

15%

0
Hardness class

hard

soft

Trace

slows

slows

INCI (pre-sap)

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

Sodium Sunflowerate

INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

Potassium Sunflowerate

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCocoa ButterSunflower 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%

7.0%

+21.0
Stearic C18:0

33.0%

5.0%

+28.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

35.0%

19.0%

+16.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

68.0%

-65.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCocoa ButterSunflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

61.0

12.0

+49.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

38.0

88.0

-50.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

61.0

12.0

+49.0
Longevity

61.0

12.0

+49.0