Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Babassu Oil

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1750

1.0457

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0457 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 0.9563 when swapping Babassu Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 1.0457 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Babassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1830

0.1750

+0.0080
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.2450

+0.0120
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2722

+0.0133
Iodine value

10

15

-5
INS

258

230

+28
Max % of oils

30%

30%

0
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Babassuate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Babassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

48.0%

50.0%

-2.0
Myristic C14:0

19.0%

20.0%

-1.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

11.0%

-2.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

4.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

10.0%

-2.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

2.0%

0.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Babassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

85.0

-6.0
Cleansing

67.0

70.0

-3.0
Conditioning

10.0

12.0

-2.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

70.0

-3.0
Creamy lather

12.0

15.0

-3.0
Longevity

12.0

15.0

-3.0