Head-to-head

Beef Tallow vs Hemp Seed Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1410NaOH SAP B 0.1370A / B = 0.1410 / 0.1370

1.0292

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0292 when swapping Beef Tallow for Hemp Seed Oil.

Inverse 0.9716 when swapping Hemp Seed Oil for Beef Tallow.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Beef Tallow
70.50 g NaOH
500 g Hemp Seed Oil
68.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.50 × 1.0292 = 70.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBeef TallowHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1410

0.1370

+0.0040
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1980

0.1930

+0.0050
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2200

0.2144

+0.0056
Iodine value

45

165

-120
INS

147

39

+108
Max % of oils

50%

10%

+40
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

neutral

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Adeps Bovis (Tallow)

Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Tallowate

Sodium Hempseedate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Tallowate

Potassium Hempseedate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBeef TallowHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

3.0%

0.0%

+3.0
Palmitic C16:0

28.0%

6.0%

+22.0
Stearic C18:0

22.0%

2.0%

+20.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

42.0%

12.0%

+30.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

56.0%

-53.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

21.0%

-21.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBeef TallowHemp Seed OilΔ A−B
Hardness

53.0

8.0

+45.0
Cleansing

3.0

0.0

+3.0
Conditioning

45.0

89.0

-44.0
Bubbly lather

3.0

0.0

+3.0
Creamy lather

50.0

8.0

+42.0
Longevity

50.0

8.0

+42.0