Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Sweet Almond Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1360A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1360

1.3456

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3456 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Sweet Almond Oil.

Inverse 0.7432 when swapping Sweet Almond Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Sweet Almond Oil
68.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.00 × 1.3456 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1830

0.1360

+0.0470
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1900

+0.0670
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2111

+0.0744
Iodine value

10

99

-89
INS

258

97

+161
Max % of oils

30%

20%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Sweetalmondate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Sweetalmondate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Sweet Almond 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%

7.0%

+2.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

71.0%

-63.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

18.0%

-16.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Sweet Almond OilΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

9.0

+70.0
Cleansing

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Conditioning

10.0

90.0

-80.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Creamy lather

12.0

9.0

+3.0
Longevity

12.0

9.0

+3.0