Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Hemp Seed Oil vs Palm Kernel Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1370NaOH SAP B 0.1770A / B = 0.1370 / 0.1770

0.7740

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7740 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Palm Kernel Oil.

Inverse 1.2920 when swapping Palm Kernel Oil for Hemp Seed Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
500 g Palm Kernel Oil
88.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
88.50 × 0.7740 = 68.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHemp Seed OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1370

0.1770

-0.0400
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.2470

-0.0540
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.2744

-0.0600
Iodine value

165

18

+147
INS

39

227

-188
Max % of oils

10%

30%

-20
Hardness class

soft

hard

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Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Hempseedate

Sodium Palm Kernelate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Hempseedate

Potassium Palm Kernelate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHemp Seed OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

49.0%

-49.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

16.0%

-16.0
Palmitic C16:0

6.0%

8.0%

-2.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

2.0%

0.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

12.0%

15.0%

-3.0
Linoleic C18:2

56.0%

2.0%

+54.0
Linolenic C18:3

21.0%

0.0%

+21.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHemp Seed OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Hardness

8.0

75.0

-67.0
Cleansing

0.0

65.0

-65.0
Conditioning

89.0

17.0

+72.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

65.0

-65.0
Creamy lather

8.0

10.0

-2.0
Longevity

8.0

10.0

-2.0