Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Hemp Seed Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1370A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1370

1.3358

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3358 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Hemp Seed Oil.

Inverse 0.7486 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.50 × 1.3358 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1830

0.1370

+0.0460
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1930

+0.0640
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2144

+0.0711
Iodine value

10

165

-155
INS

258

39

+219
Max % of oils

30%

10%

+20
Hardness class

hard

soft

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Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Hempseedate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Hempseedate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Hemp Seed 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%

6.0%

+3.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

12.0%

-4.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

56.0%

-54.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

21.0%

-21.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Hemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

8.0

+71.0
Cleansing

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Conditioning

10.0

89.0

-79.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Creamy lather

12.0

8.0

+4.0
Longevity

12.0

8.0

+4.0