Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Lard

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1380A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1380

1.3261

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3261 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Lard.

Inverse 0.7541 when swapping Lard for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Lard
69.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
69.00 × 1.3261 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1830

0.1380

+0.0450
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1930

+0.0640
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2144

+0.0711
Iodine value

10

57

-47
INS

258

139

+119
Max % of oils

30%

100%

-70
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Lard

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Lardate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Lardate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

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

48.0%

0.0%

+48.0
Myristic C14:0

19.0%

1.0%

+18.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

28.0%

-19.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

13.0%

-10.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

46.0%

-38.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

6.0%

-4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)LardΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

42.0

+37.0
Cleansing

67.0

1.0

+66.0
Conditioning

10.0

53.0

-43.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

1.0

+66.0
Creamy lather

12.0

41.0

-29.0
Longevity

12.0

41.0

-29.0