Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Palm Kernel Oil vs Lard

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1770NaOH SAP B 0.1380A / B = 0.1770 / 0.1380

1.2826

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2826 when swapping Palm Kernel Oil for Lard.

Inverse 0.7797 when swapping Lard for Palm Kernel Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Palm Kernel Oil
88.50 g NaOH
500 g Lard
69.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
69.00 × 1.2826 = 88.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricPalm Kernel OilLardΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1770

0.1380

+0.0390
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2470

0.1930

+0.0540
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2744

0.2144

+0.0600
Iodine value

18

57

-39
INS

227

139

+88
Max % of oils

30%

100%

-70
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil

Lard

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Palm Kernelate

Sodium Lardate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Palm Kernelate

Potassium Lardate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricPalm Kernel OilLardΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

49.0%

0.0%

+49.0
Myristic C14:0

16.0%

1.0%

+15.0
Palmitic C16:0

8.0%

28.0%

-20.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

13.0%

-11.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

46.0%

-31.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

6.0%

-4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricPalm Kernel OilLardΔ A−B
Hardness

75.0

42.0

+33.0
Cleansing

65.0

1.0

+64.0
Conditioning

17.0

53.0

-36.0
Bubbly lather

65.0

1.0

+64.0
Creamy lather

10.0

41.0

-31.0
Longevity

10.0

41.0

-31.0