Head-to-head

High Oleic Sunflower Oil vs Olive Oil

soft
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1350NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1350 / 0.1340

1.0075

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0075 when swapping High Oleic Sunflower Oil for Olive Oil.

Inverse 0.9926 when swapping Olive Oil for High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Sunflower Oil
67.50 g NaOH
500 g Olive Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.0075 = 67.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1350

0.1340

+0.0010
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1890

0.1880

+0.0010
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2100

0.2089

+0.0011
Iodine value

83

85

-2
INS

106

109

-3
Max % of oils

25%

100%

-75
Hardness class

soft

soft

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Trace

slows

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Sunflowerate

Sodium Olivate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Sunflowerate

Potassium Olivate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

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

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

4.0%

14.0%

-10.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

3.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

82.0%

71.0%

+11.0
Linoleic C18:2

9.0%

11.0%

-2.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilOlive OilΔ A−B
Hardness

8.0

17.0

-9.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

91.0

83.0

+8.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

0.0

0.0
Creamy lather

8.0

17.0

-9.0
Longevity

8.0

17.0

-9.0