Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Canola Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1240A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1240

1.4758

Multiply your lye amount by 1.4758 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Canola Oil.

Inverse 0.6776 when swapping Canola Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Canola Oil
62.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
62.00 × 1.4758 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1830

0.1240

+0.0590
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1740

+0.0830
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.1933

+0.0922
Iodine value

10

110

-100
INS

258

56

+202
Max % of oils

30%

20%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Brassica Napus (Canola) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Canolate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Canolate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

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

48.0%

0.0%

+48.0
Myristic C14:0

19.0%

0.0%

+19.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

4.0%

+5.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

61.0%

-53.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

21.0%

-19.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

9.0%

-9.0

Quality

Physical contribution

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

79.0

6.0

+73.0
Cleansing

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Conditioning

10.0

91.0

-81.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Creamy lather

12.0

6.0

+6.0
Longevity

12.0

6.0

+6.0