Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Sweet Almond Oil vs Coconut Oil (76 deg)

soft
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1830A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1830

0.7432

Multiply your lye amount by 0.7432 when swapping Sweet Almond Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

Inverse 1.3456 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Sweet Almond Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Sweet Almond Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
91.50 × 0.7432 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricSweet Almond OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1830

-0.0470
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.2570

-0.0670
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2856

-0.0744
Iodine value

99

10

+89
INS

97

258

-161
Max % of oils

20%

30%

-10
Hardness class

soft

hard

—
Trace

slows

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Sweetalmondate

Sodium Cocoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Sweetalmondate

Potassium Cocoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricSweet Almond 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

7.0%

9.0%

-2.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

3.0%

-1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

71.0%

8.0%

+63.0
Linoleic C18:2

18.0%

2.0%

+16.0
Linolenic C18:3

1.0%

0.0%

+1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricSweet Almond OilCoconut Oil (76 deg)Δ A−B
Hardness

9.0

79.0

-70.0
Cleansing

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Conditioning

90.0

10.0

+80.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

67.0

-67.0
Creamy lather

9.0

12.0

-3.0
Longevity

9.0

12.0

-3.0