Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Lard vs Babassu Oil

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1380NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1380 / 0.1750

0.7886

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7886 when swapping Lard for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.2681 when swapping Babassu Oil for Lard.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Lard
69.00 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.7886 = 69.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricLardBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1380

0.1750

-0.0370
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1930

0.2450

-0.0520
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2144

0.2722

-0.0578
Iodine value

57

15

+42
INS

139

230

-91
Max % of oils

100%

30%

+70
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Lard

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Lardate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Lardate

Potassium Babassuate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricLardBabassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

50.0%

-50.0
Myristic C14:0

1.0%

20.0%

-19.0
Palmitic C16:0

28.0%

11.0%

+17.0
Stearic C18:0

13.0%

4.0%

+9.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

46.0%

10.0%

+36.0
Linoleic C18:2

6.0%

2.0%

+4.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricLardBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

42.0

85.0

-43.0
Cleansing

1.0

70.0

-69.0
Conditioning

53.0

12.0

+41.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

70.0

-69.0
Creamy lather

41.0

15.0

+26.0
Longevity

41.0

15.0

+26.0