Head-to-head

Lard vs Olive Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1390NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1390 / 0.1340

1.0373

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0373 when swapping Lard for Olive Oil.

Inverse 0.9640 when swapping Olive Oil for Lard.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Lard
69.50 g NaOH
500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.0373 = 69.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricLardOlive OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1390

0.1340

+0.0050
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1950

0.1880

+0.0070
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2167

0.2089

+0.0078
Iodine value

57

85

-28
INS

139

109

+30
Max % of oils

50%

100%

-50
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Adeps Suillus (Lard)

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Lardate

Sodium Olivate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Lardate

Potassium Olivate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricLardOlive OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0
Palmitic C16:0

26.0%

14.0%

+12.0
Stearic C18:0

14.0%

3.0%

+11.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

44.0%

71.0%

-27.0
Linoleic C18:2

10.0%

11.0%

-1.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

1.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricLardOlive OilΔ A−B
Hardness

41.0

17.0

+24.0
Cleansing

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Conditioning

55.0

83.0

-28.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Creamy lather

40.0

17.0

+23.0
Longevity

40.0

17.0

+23.0