Head-to-head

High Oleic Sunflower Oil vs Babassu Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1350NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1350 / 0.1750

0.7714

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7714 when swapping High Oleic Sunflower Oil for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.2963 when swapping Babassu Oil for High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Sunflower Oil
67.50 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.7714 = 67.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1350

0.1750

-0.0400
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1890

0.2450

-0.0560
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2100

0.2722

-0.0622
Iodine value

83

15

+68
INS

106

230

-124
Max % of oils

25%

33%

-8
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

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INCI (pre-sap)

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Sunflowerate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Sunflowerate

Potassium Babassuate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

44.0%

-44.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

17.0%

-17.0
Palmitic C16:0

4.0%

9.0%

-5.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

4.0%

0.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

82.0%

15.0%

+67.0
Linoleic C18:2

9.0%

2.0%

+7.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

8.0

74.0

-66.0
Cleansing

0.0

61.0

-61.0
Conditioning

91.0

17.0

+74.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

61.0

-61.0
Creamy lather

8.0

13.0

-5.0
Longevity

8.0

13.0

-5.0