Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1830

0.7432

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7432 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.3456 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.7432 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1830

-0.0470
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.2570

-0.0670
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2856

-0.0744
Iodine value

93

10

+83
INS

97

258

-161
Max % of oils

20%

30%

-10
Hardness class

soft

hard

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Trace

slows

accelerates

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INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower 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

5.0%

9.0%

-4.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

8.0%

+69.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

2.0%

+13.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

7.0

79.0

-72.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

92.0

10.0

+82.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

7.0

12.0

-5.0
Longevity

7.0

12.0

-5.0