Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Rice Bran Oil vs Babassu Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1340NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1340 / 0.1750

0.7657

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7657 when swapping Rice Bran Oil for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.3060 when swapping Babassu Oil for Rice Bran Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Rice Bran Oil
67.00 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.7657 = 67.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricRice Bran OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1340

0.1750

-0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1870

0.2450

-0.0580
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2078

0.2722

-0.0644
Iodine value

100

15

+85
INS

87

230

-143
Max % of oils

20%

33%

-13
Hardness class

soft

hard

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Trace

slows

accelerates

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INCI (pre-sap)

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Rice Branate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Rice Branate

Potassium Babassuate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricRice Bran OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

44.0%

-44.0
Myristic C14:0

1.0%

17.0%

-16.0
Palmitic C16:0

21.0%

9.0%

+12.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

4.0%

-2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

42.0%

15.0%

+27.0
Linoleic C18:2

31.0%

2.0%

+29.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricRice Bran OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

24.0

74.0

-50.0
Cleansing

1.0

61.0

-60.0
Conditioning

74.0

17.0

+57.0
Bubbly lather

1.0

61.0

-60.0
Creamy lather

23.0

13.0

+10.0
Longevity

23.0

13.0

+10.0