Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Palm Oil (RSPO) vs Sweet Almond 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 Sweet Almond Oil.

Inverse 0.9577 when swapping Sweet Almond Oil for Palm Oil (RSPO).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Palm Oil (RSPO)
71.00 g NaOH
500 g Sweet Almond 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)Sweet Almond 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

99

-46
INS

145

97

+48
Max % of oils

50%

20%

+30
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

neutral

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Palmate

Sodium Sweetalmondate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Palmate

Potassium Sweetalmondate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)Sweet Almond 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%

7.0%

+37.0
Stearic C18:0

5.0%

2.0%

+3.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

39.0%

71.0%

-32.0
Linoleic C18:2

10.0%

18.0%

-8.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricPalm Oil (RSPO)Sweet Almond OilΔ A−B
Hardness

50.0

9.0

+41.0
Cleansing

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Conditioning

49.0

90.0

-41.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

0.0

+1.0
Creamy lather

49.0

9.0

+40.0
Longevity

49.0

9.0

+40.0