Avocado Butter
Saponification values, fatty acid makeup, and what this oil does in a bar of soap.
Use Avocado Butter in a recipe → Added at 0%, you set the amount
Saponification values
Grams of lye needed to saponify one gram of avocado butter. Multiply by your oil weight, then apply your superfat.
- NaOH (bar soap)
- 0.133
- KOH (liquid soap)
- 0.187
- Iodine
- 67
- INS
- 120
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Fatty acid profile
These figures account for 92% of avocado butter. The remainder is made up of fatty acids this model does not track, so treat the derived qualities below as indicative rather than complete.
| Fatty acid | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Oleic | 53% |
| Palmitic | 21% |
| Stearic | 10% |
| Linoleic | 6% |
| Linolenic | 2% |
Soap qualities at 100%
What a bar made entirely of avocado butter would score. Almost nobody soaps a single oil at 100% - this is here so you can see what the oil contributes to a blend. The shaded band is the range most makers aim for in a finished recipe.
Oils that behave similarly
Closest matches by fatty acid makeup - the usual starting point when you have run out of avocado butter and need a substitute. Check the lye maths again after swapping: SAP values differ even between oils that behave alike.
- Emu OilSAP 0.135 NaOH
- Goose FatSAP 0.137 NaOH
- Andiroba Oil (karaba, crabwood)SAP 0.134 NaOH
- Lard, Pig Tallow (Manteca)SAP 0.141 NaOH
- Avocado OilSAP 0.133 NaOH
Use Avocado Butter in a recipe → Added at 0% - you set the amount