Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

High Oleic Sunflower Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1350NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1350 / 0.1830

0.7377

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7377 when swapping High Oleic Sunflower Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.3556 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Sunflower Oil
67.50 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.7377 = 67.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1350

0.1830

-0.0480
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1890

0.2570

-0.0680
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2100

0.2856

-0.0756
Iodine value

83

10

+73
INS

106

258

-152
Max % of oils

25%

30%

-5
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Sunflowerate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Sunflowerate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilCoconut 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

4.0%

9.0%

-5.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

3.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

82.0%

8.0%

+74.0
Linoleic C18:2

9.0%

2.0%

+7.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

8.0

79.0

-71.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

91.0

10.0

+81.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

8.0

12.0

-4.0
Longevity

8.0

12.0

-4.0