Head-to-head

Mango Seed Butter vs Babassu Oil

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1371NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1371 / 0.1750

0.7834

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7834 when swapping Mango Seed Butter for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.2764 when swapping Babassu Oil for Mango Seed Butter.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Mango Seed Butter
68.55 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.7834 = 68.55
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricMango Seed ButterBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1371

0.1750

-0.0379
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1923

0.2450

-0.0527
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2137

0.2722

-0.0586
Iodine value

45

15

+30
INS

146

230

-84
Max % of oils

15%

33%

-18
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

neutral

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Mango Butterate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Mango Butterate

Potassium Babassuate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricMango Seed ButterBabassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

44.0%

-44.0
Myristic C14:0

1.0%

17.0%

-16.0
Palmitic C16:0

7.0%

9.0%

-2.0
Stearic C18:0

42.0%

4.0%

+38.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

45.0%

15.0%

+30.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricMango Seed ButterBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

50.0

74.0

-24.0
Cleansing

1.0

61.0

-60.0
Conditioning

48.0

17.0

+31.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

61.0

-60.0
Creamy lather

49.0

13.0

+36.0
Longevity

49.0

13.0

+36.0