Olive Oil, pomace
Saponification values, fatty acid makeup, and what this oil does in a bar of soap.
Use Olive Oil, pomace in a recipe → Added at 0%, you set the amount
Saponification values
Grams of lye needed to saponify one gram of olive oil, pomace. Multiply by your oil weight, then apply your superfat.
- NaOH (bar soap)
- 0.134
- KOH (liquid soap)
- 0.188
- Iodine
- 84
- INS
- 104
INCI: Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit OilSaponified name (for labels): Sodium Olivate
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Fatty acid profile
| Fatty acid | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Oleic | 69% |
| Palmitic | 14% |
| Linoleic | 12% |
| Stearic | 3% |
| Linolenic | 2% |
Soap qualities at 100%
What a bar made entirely of olive oil, pomace 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.
What that means in a recipe
Almost no cleansing contribution (0) against high conditioning (83). Gentle on skin, but a bar built mainly on this will be slow to trace, slow to harden, and low on bubbles without something to balance it.
Derived from the numbers above rather than written by hand, so it stays in step with the data. Tendencies, not guarantees - your oils, water, and technique all move the result.
Oils that behave similarly
Closest matches by fatty acid makeup - the usual starting point when you have run out of olive oil, pomace and need a substitute. Check the lye maths again after swapping: SAP values differ even between oils that behave alike.
- Olive OilSAP 0.135 NaOH
- Buriti OilSAP 0.159 NaOH
- Karanja OilSAP 0.13 NaOH
- Avocado OilSAP 0.133 NaOH
- Tallow, BearSAP 0.139 NaOH
Use Olive Oil, pomace in a recipe → Added at 0% - you set the amount