Recipe lab

Saponis

Head-to-head

Sunflower Oil vs Babassu Oil

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1340NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1340 / 0.1750

0.7657

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7657 when swapping Sunflower Oil for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.3060 when swapping Babassu Oil for Sunflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Sunflower Oil
67.00 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.7657 = 67.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricSunflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1340

0.1750

-0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1880

0.2450

-0.0570
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2089

0.2722

-0.0633
Iodine value

133

15

+118
INS

63

230

-167
Max % of oils

15%

33%

-18
Hardness class

soft

hard

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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

MetricSunflower 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

7.0%

9.0%

-2.0
Stearic C18:0

5.0%

4.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

19.0%

15.0%

+4.0
Linoleic C18:2

68.0%

2.0%

+66.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricSunflower OilBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

12.0

74.0

-62.0
Cleansing

0.0

61.0

-61.0
Conditioning

88.0

17.0

+71.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

61.0

-61.0
Creamy lather

12.0

13.0

-1.0
Longevity

12.0

13.0

-1.0