Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Palm Kernel Oil vs High Oleic Safflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1770NaOH SAP B 0.1360A / B = 0.1770 / 0.1360

1.3015

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3015 when swapping Palm Kernel Oil for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

Inverse 0.7684 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Palm Kernel Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Palm Kernel Oil
88.50 g NaOH
500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.00 × 1.3015 = 88.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricPalm Kernel OilHigh Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1770

0.1360

+0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2470

0.1900

+0.0570
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2744

0.2111

+0.0633
Iodine value

18

93

-75
INS

227

97

+130
Max % of oils

30%

20%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

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Trace

accelerates

slows

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INCI (pre-sap)

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Palm Kernelate

Sodium Safflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Palm Kernelate

Potassium Safflowerate

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Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricPalm Kernel OilHigh Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

49.0%

0.0%

+49.0
Myristic C14:0

16.0%

0.0%

+16.0
Palmitic C16:0

8.0%

5.0%

+3.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

2.0%

0.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

15.0%

77.0%

-62.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

15.0%

-13.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricPalm Kernel OilHigh Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

75.0

7.0

+68.0
Cleansing

65.0

0.0

+65.0
Conditioning

17.0

92.0

-75.0
Bubbly lather

65.0

0.0

+65.0
Creamy lather

10.0

7.0

+3.0
Longevity

10.0

7.0

+3.0