Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Palm Kernel Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1770A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1770

0.7684

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7684 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Palm Kernel Oil.

Inverse 1.3015 when swapping Palm Kernel Oil for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Palm Kernel Oil
88.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
88.50 × 0.7684 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1360

0.1770

-0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.2470

-0.0570
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2744

-0.0633
Iodine value

93

18

+75
INS

97

227

-130
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

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Palm Kernelate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Palm Kernelate

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Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

49.0%

-49.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

16.0%

-16.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

8.0%

-3.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

2.0%

0.0
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 OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

75.0

-68.0
Cleansing

0.0

65.0

-65.0
Conditioning

92.0

17.0

+75.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

65.0

-65.0
Creamy lather

7.0

10.0

-3.0
Longevity

7.0

10.0

-3.0