Head-to-head

Beef Tallow vs High Oleic Safflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1410NaOH SAP B 0.1360A / B = 0.1410 / 0.1360

1.0368

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0368 when swapping Beef Tallow for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

Inverse 0.9645 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Beef Tallow.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Beef Tallow
70.50 g NaOH
500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
68.00 × 1.0368 = 70.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricBeef TallowHigh Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1410

0.1360

+0.0050
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1980

0.1900

+0.0080
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2200

0.2111

+0.0089
Iodine value

45

93

-48
INS

147

97

+50
Max % of oils

50%

20%

+30
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

neutral

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Adeps Bovis (Tallow)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Tallowate

Sodium Safflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Tallowate

Potassium Safflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricBeef TallowHigh Oleic Safflower 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%

5.0%

+23.0
Stearic C18:0

22.0%

2.0%

+20.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

42.0%

77.0%

-35.0
Linoleic C18:2

3.0%

15.0%

-12.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricBeef TallowHigh Oleic Safflower OilΔ A−B
Hardness

53.0

7.0

+46.0
Cleansing

3.0

0.0

+3.0
Conditioning

45.0

92.0

-47.0
Bubbly lather

3.0

0.0

+3.0
Creamy lather

50.0

7.0

+43.0
Longevity

50.0

7.0

+43.0