Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Palm Oil (RSPO) vs Avocado Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1420NaOH SAP B 0.1330A / B = 0.1420 / 0.1330

1.0677

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0677 when swapping Palm Oil (RSPO) for Avocado Oil.

Inverse 0.9366 when swapping Avocado Oil for Palm Oil (RSPO).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Palm Oil (RSPO)
71.00 g NaOH
500 g Avocado Oil
66.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
66.50 × 1.0677 = 71.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)Avocado OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1420

0.1330

+0.0090
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1990

0.1860

+0.0130
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2211

0.2067

+0.0144
Iodine value

53

86

-33
INS

145

99

+46
Max % of oils

50%

20%

+30
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

neutral

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Palmate

Sodium Avocadoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Palmate

Potassium Avocadoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)Avocado OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0
Palmitic C16:0

44.0%

20.0%

+24.0
Stearic C18:0

5.0%

2.0%

+3.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

39.0%

58.0%

-19.0
Linoleic C18:2

10.0%

12.0%

-2.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)Avocado OilΔ A−B
Hardness

50.0

22.0

+28.0
Cleansing

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Conditioning

49.0

71.0

-22.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Creamy lather

49.0

22.0

+27.0
Longevity

49.0

22.0

+27.0