Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

High Oleic Sunflower Oil vs Palm Kernel Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1350NaOH SAP B 0.1770A / B = 0.1350 / 0.1770

0.7627

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7627 when swapping High Oleic Sunflower Oil for Palm Kernel Oil.

Inverse 1.3111 when swapping Palm Kernel Oil for High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Sunflower Oil
67.50 g NaOH
500 g Palm Kernel Oil
88.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
88.50 × 0.7627 = 67.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1350

0.1770

-0.0420
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1890

0.2470

-0.0580
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2100

0.2744

-0.0644
Iodine value

83

18

+65
INS

106

227

-121
Max % of oils

25%

30%

-5
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Sunflowerate

Sodium Palm Kernelate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Sunflowerate

Potassium Palm Kernelate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Sunflower OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

49.0%

-49.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

16.0%

-16.0
Palmitic C16:0

4.0%

8.0%

-4.0
Stearic C18:0

4.0%

2.0%

+2.0
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 OilPalm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Hardness

8.0

75.0

-67.0
Cleansing

0.0

65.0

-65.0
Conditioning

91.0

17.0

+74.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

65.0

-65.0
Creamy lather

8.0

10.0

-2.0
Longevity

8.0

10.0

-2.0