Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs High Oleic Sunflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1350A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1350

1.3556

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3556 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

Inverse 0.7377 when swapping High Oleic Sunflower Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g High Oleic Sunflower Oil
67.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.50 × 1.3556 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)High Oleic Sunflower OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1830

0.1350

+0.0480
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1890

+0.0680
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2100

+0.0756
Iodine value

10

83

-73
INS

258

106

+152
Max % of oils

30%

25%

+5
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Sunflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Sunflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)High Oleic Sunflower 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%

4.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

82.0%

-74.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

9.0%

-7.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)High Oleic Sunflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

8.0

+71.0
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

8.0

+4.0
Longevity

12.0

8.0

+4.0