Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Hemp Seed Oil vs Olive Oil

soft
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1370NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1370 / 0.1340

1.0224

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0224 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Olive Oil.

Inverse 0.9781 when swapping Olive Oil for Hemp Seed Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.0224 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHemp Seed OilOlive OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.1340

+0.0030
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.1880

+0.0050
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.2089

+0.0056
Iodine value

165

85

+80
INS

39

109

-70
Max % of oils

10%

100%

-90
Hardness class

soft

soft

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Trace

accelerates

slows

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INCI (pre-sap)

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Hempseedate

Sodium Olivate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Hempseedate

Potassium Olivate

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Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHemp Seed OilOlive OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

6.0%

14.0%

-8.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

12.0%

71.0%

-59.0
Linoleic C18:2

56.0%

11.0%

+45.0
Linolenic C18:3

21.0%

1.0%

+20.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHemp Seed OilOlive OilΔ A−B
Hardness

8.0

17.0

-9.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

89.0

83.0

+6.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

8.0

17.0

-9.0
Longevity

8.0

17.0

-9.0