Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Palm Oil (RSPO) vs High Oleic Sunflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1420NaOH SAP B 0.1350A / B = 0.1420 / 0.1350

1.0519

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0519 when swapping Palm Oil (RSPO) for High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

Inverse 0.9507 when swapping High Oleic Sunflower Oil for Palm Oil (RSPO).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Palm Oil (RSPO)
71.00 g NaOH
500 g High Oleic Sunflower Oil
67.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.50 × 1.0519 = 71.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1420

0.1350

+0.0070
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1990

0.1890

+0.0100
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2211

0.2100

+0.0111
Iodine value

53

83

-30
INS

145

106

+39
Max % of oils

50%

25%

+25
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

neutral

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Palmate

Sodium Sunflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Palmate

Potassium Sunflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)High Oleic Sunflower 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%

4.0%

+40.0
Stearic C18:0

5.0%

4.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

39.0%

82.0%

-43.0
Linoleic C18:2

10.0%

9.0%

+1.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

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

50.0

8.0

+42.0
Cleansing

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Conditioning

49.0

91.0

-42.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Creamy lather

49.0

8.0

+41.0
Longevity

49.0

8.0

+41.0