Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Shea Butter (Unrefined) vs High Oleic Safflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1280NaOH SAP B 0.1360A / B = 0.1280 / 0.1360

0.9412

Multiply your lye amount by 0.9412 when swapping Shea Butter (Unrefined) for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

Inverse 1.0625 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Shea Butter (Unrefined).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Shea Butter (Unrefined)
64.00 g NaOH
500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.00 × 0.9412 = 64.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)High Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1280

0.1360

-0.0080
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1790

0.1900

-0.0110
KOH SAP (90%)

0.1989

0.2111

-0.0122
Iodine value

60

93

-33
INS

116

97

+19
Max % of oils

15%

20%

-5
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Shea Butterate

Sodium Safflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Shea Butterate

Potassium Safflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)High Oleic Safflower 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%

5.0%

0.0
Stearic C18:0

40.0%

2.0%

+38.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

48.0%

77.0%

-29.0
Linoleic C18:2

6.0%

15.0%

-9.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricShea Butter (Unrefined)High Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

45.0

7.0

+38.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

54.0

92.0

-38.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

45.0

7.0

+38.0
Longevity

45.0

7.0

+38.0