Head-to-head

Beef Tallow vs Babassu Oil

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1410NaOH SAP B 0.1750A / B = 0.1410 / 0.1750

0.8057

Multiply your lye amount by 0.8057 when swapping Beef Tallow for Babassu Oil.

Inverse 1.2411 when swapping Babassu Oil for Beef Tallow.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Beef Tallow
70.50 g NaOH
500 g Babassu Oil
87.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
87.50 × 0.8057 = 70.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBeef TallowBabassu OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1410

0.1750

-0.0340
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1980

0.2450

-0.0470
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2200

0.2722

-0.0522
Iodine value

45

15

+30
INS

147

230

-83
Max % of oils

50%

33%

+17
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

neutral

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Adeps Bovis (Tallow)

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Tallowate

Sodium Babassuate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Tallowate

Potassium Babassuate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBeef TallowBabassu OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

44.0%

-44.0
Myristic C14:0

3.0%

17.0%

-14.0
Palmitic C16:0

28.0%

9.0%

+19.0
Stearic C18:0

22.0%

4.0%

+18.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

42.0%

15.0%

+27.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBeef TallowBabassu OilΔ A−B
Hardness

53.0

74.0

-21.0
Cleansing

3.0

61.0

-58.0
Conditioning

45.0

17.0

+28.0
Bubbly lather

3.0

61.0

-58.0
Creamy lather

50.0

13.0

+37.0
Longevity

50.0

13.0

+37.0