Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Babassu Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1750

0.7771

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7771 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.2868 when swapping Babassu Oil for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.7771 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1750

-0.0390
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.2450

-0.0550
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2722

-0.0611
Iodine value

93

15

+78
INS

97

230

-133
Max % of oils

20%

33%

-13
Hardness class

soft

hard

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Trace

slows

accelerates

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INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Babassuate

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Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

44.0%

-44.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

17.0%

-17.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

9.0%

-4.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

4.0%

-2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

15.0%

+62.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

2.0%

+13.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

74.0

-67.0
Cleansing

0.0

61.0

-61.0
Conditioning

92.0

17.0

+75.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

61.0

-61.0
Creamy lather

7.0

13.0

-6.0
Longevity

7.0

13.0

-6.0