Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Olive Oil vs Hemp Seed Oil

soft
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1340NaOH SAP B 0.1370A / B = 0.1340 / 0.1370

0.9781

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9781 when swapping Olive Oil for Hemp Seed Oil.

Inverse 1.0224 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Olive Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.50 × 0.9781 = 67.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricOlive OilHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1340

0.1370

-0.0030
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1880

0.1930

-0.0050
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2089

0.2144

-0.0056
Iodine value

85

165

-80
INS

109

39

+70
Max % of oils

100%

10%

+90
Hardness class

soft

soft

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Trace

slows

accelerates

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INCI (pre-sap)

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Olivate

Sodium Hempseedate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Olivate

Potassium Hempseedate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricOlive OilHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

14.0%

6.0%

+8.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

71.0%

12.0%

+59.0
Linoleic C18:2

11.0%

56.0%

-45.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

21.0%

-20.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricOlive OilHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Hardness

17.0

8.0

+9.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

83.0

89.0

-6.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

17.0

8.0

+9.0
Longevity

17.0

8.0

+9.0