Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Cocoa Butter

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1370A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1370

0.9927

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9927 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Cocoa Butter.

Inverse 1.0074 when swapping Cocoa Butter for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Cocoa Butter
68.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.50 × 0.9927 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCocoa ButterΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1370

-0.0010
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.1930

-0.0030
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2144

-0.0033
Iodine value

93

37

+56
INS

97

157

-60
Max % of oils

20%

15%

+5
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Cocoa Butterate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Cocoa Butterate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCocoa ButterΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

28.0%

-23.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

35.0%

-33.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

33.0%

+44.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

3.0%

+12.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCocoa ButterΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

63.0

-56.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

92.0

36.0

+56.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

7.0

63.0

-56.0
Longevity

7.0

63.0

-56.0