Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Lard

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1390A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1390

0.9784

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9784 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Lard.

Inverse 1.0221 when swapping Lard for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Lard
69.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
69.50 × 0.9784 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilLardΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1390

-0.0030
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.1950

-0.0050
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2167

-0.0056
Iodine value

93

57

+36
INS

97

139

-42
Max % of oils

20%

50%

-30
Hardness class

soft

hard

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Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Adeps Suillus (Lard)

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Lardate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Lardate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilLardΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

26.0%

-21.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

14.0%

-12.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

44.0%

+33.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

10.0%

+5.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilLardΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

41.0

-34.0
Cleansing

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Conditioning

92.0

55.0

+37.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

1.0

-1.0
Creamy lather

7.0

40.0

-33.0
Longevity

7.0

40.0

-33.0