Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Palm Oil (RSPO) vs High Oleic Safflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1420NaOH SAP B 0.1360A / B = 0.1420 / 0.1360

1.0441

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0441 when swapping Palm Oil (RSPO) for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

Inverse 0.9577 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Palm Oil (RSPO).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Palm Oil (RSPO)
71.00 g NaOH
500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.00 × 1.0441 = 71.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)High Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1420

0.1360

+0.0060
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1990

0.1900

+0.0090
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2211

0.2111

+0.0100
Iodine value

53

93

-40
INS

145

97

+48
Max % of oils

50%

20%

+30
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

neutral

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Palmate

Sodium Safflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Palmate

Potassium Safflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)High Oleic Safflower 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%

5.0%

+39.0
Stearic C18:0

5.0%

2.0%

+3.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

39.0%

77.0%

-38.0
Linoleic C18:2

10.0%

15.0%

-5.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)High Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

50.0

7.0

+43.0
Cleansing

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Conditioning

49.0

92.0

-43.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Creamy lather

49.0

7.0

+42.0
Longevity

49.0

7.0

+42.0