Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Olive Oil

soft
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1340

1.0149

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0149 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Olive Oil.

Inverse 0.9853 when swapping Olive Oil for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.0149 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1360

0.1340

+0.0020
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.1880

+0.0020
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2089

+0.0022
Iodine value

93

85

+8
INS

97

109

-12
Max % of oils

20%

100%

-80
Hardness class

soft

soft

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Trace

slows

slows

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INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Olivate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Olivate

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Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilOlive OilΔ 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%

14.0%

-9.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

71.0%

+6.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

11.0%

+4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilOlive OilΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

17.0

-10.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

92.0

83.0

+9.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

7.0

17.0

-10.0
Longevity

7.0

17.0

-10.0