Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Beef Tallow

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1410A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1410

0.9645

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9645 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Beef Tallow.

Inverse 1.0368 when swapping Beef Tallow for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Beef Tallow
70.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
70.50 × 0.9645 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilBeef TallowΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1410

-0.0050
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.1980

-0.0080
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2200

-0.0089
Iodine value

93

45

+48
INS

97

147

-50
Max % of oils

20%

50%

-30
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Adeps Bovis (Tallow)

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Tallowate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Tallowate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilBeef TallowΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

3.0%

-3.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

28.0%

-23.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

22.0%

-20.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

42.0%

+35.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

3.0%

+12.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilBeef TallowΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

53.0

-46.0
Cleansing

0.0

3.0

-3.0
Conditioning

92.0

45.0

+47.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

3.0

-3.0
Creamy lather

7.0

50.0

-43.0
Longevity

7.0

50.0

-43.0