Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Lard vs Avocado Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1380NaOH SAP B 0.1330A / B = 0.1380 / 0.1330

1.0376

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0376 when swapping Lard for Avocado Oil.

Inverse 0.9638 when swapping Avocado Oil for Lard.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Lard
69.00 g NaOH
500 g Avocado Oil
66.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
66.50 × 1.0376 = 69.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricLardAvocado OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1380

0.1330

+0.0050
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.1860

+0.0070
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.2067

+0.0078
Iodine value

57

86

-29
INS

139

99

+40
Max % of oils

100%

20%

+80
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Lard

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Lardate

Sodium Avocadoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Lardate

Potassium Avocadoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricLardAvocado OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0
Palmitic C16:0

28.0%

20.0%

+8.0
Stearic C18:0

13.0%

2.0%

+11.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

46.0%

58.0%

-12.0
Linoleic C18:2

6.0%

12.0%

-6.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

1.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricLardAvocado OilΔ A−B
Hardness

42.0

22.0

+20.0
Cleansing

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Conditioning

53.0

71.0

-18.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Creamy lather

41.0

22.0

+19.0
Longevity

41.0

22.0

+19.0