Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Shea Butter (Unrefined) vs Canola Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1280NaOH SAP B 0.1240A / B = 0.1280 / 0.1240

1.0323

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0323 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for Canola Oil.

Inverse 0.9688 when swapping Canola Oil for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
500 g Canola Oil
62.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
62.00 × 1.0323 = 64.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Canola OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1280

0.1240

+0.0040
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1790

0.1740

+0.0050
KOH SAP (90%)

0.1989

0.1933

+0.0056
Iodine value

60

110

-50
INS

116

56

+60
Max % of oils

15%

20%

-5
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

Brassica Napus (Canola) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Shea Butterate

Sodium Canolate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Shea Butterate

Potassium Canolate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Canola 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%

4.0%

+1.0
Stearic C18:0

40.0%

2.0%

+38.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

48.0%

61.0%

-13.0
Linoleic C18:2

6.0%

21.0%

-15.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

9.0%

-9.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Canola OilΔ A−B
Hardness

45.0

6.0

+39.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

54.0

91.0

-37.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

45.0

6.0

+39.0
Longevity

45.0

6.0

+39.0