Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Shea Butter (Unrefined)

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1280A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1280

1.4297

Multiply your lye amount by 1.4297 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

Inverse 0.6995 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
64.00 × 1.4297 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Shea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1830

0.1280

+0.0550
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1790

+0.0780
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.1989

+0.0867
Iodine value

10

60

-50
INS

258

116

+142
Max % of oils

30%

15%

+15
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Shea Butterate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Shea Butterate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Shea Butter (Unrefined)Δ 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%

5.0%

+4.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

40.0%

-37.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

48.0%

-40.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

6.0%

-4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Shea Butter (Unrefined)Δ A−B
Hardness

79.0

45.0

+34.0
Cleansing

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Conditioning

10.0

54.0

-44.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Creamy lather

12.0

45.0

-33.0
Longevity

12.0

45.0

-33.0