Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Shea Butter (Unrefined) vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1280NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1280 / 0.1830

0.6995

Multiply your lye amount by 0.6995 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.4297 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.6995 = 64.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Coconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1280

0.1830

-0.0550
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1790

0.2570

-0.0780
KOH SAP (90%)

0.1989

0.2856

-0.0867
Iodine value

60

10

+50
INS

116

258

-142
Max % of oils

15%

30%

-15
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Shea Butterate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Shea Butterate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Coconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

48.0%

-48.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

19.0%

-19.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

9.0%

-4.0
Stearic C18:0

40.0%

3.0%

+37.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

48.0%

8.0%

+40.0
Linoleic C18:2

6.0%

2.0%

+4.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)Coconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

45.0

79.0

-34.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

54.0

10.0

+44.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

45.0

12.0

+33.0
Longevity

45.0

12.0

+33.0