Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Rice Bran Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1280NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1280 / 0.1830

0.6995

Multiply your lye amount by 0.6995 when swapping Rice Bran Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.4297 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Rice Bran Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Rice Bran Oil
64.00 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.6995 = 64.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricRice Bran OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1280

0.1830

-0.0550
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1810

0.2570

-0.0760
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2011

0.2856

-0.0844
Iodine value

100

10

+90
INS

70

258

-188
Max % of oils

20%

30%

-10
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Ricebranate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Ricebranate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricRice Bran OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

48.0%

-48.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

19.0%

-19.0
Palmitic C16:0

22.0%

9.0%

+13.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

3.0%

0.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

38.0%

8.0%

+30.0
Linoleic C18:2

34.0%

2.0%

+32.0
Linolenic C18:3

2.0%

0.0%

+2.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricRice Bran OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

25.0

79.0

-54.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

74.0

10.0

+64.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

25.0

12.0

+13.0
Longevity

25.0

12.0

+13.0