Red Palm Butter
Saponification values, fatty acid makeup, and what this oil does in a bar of soap.
Use Red Palm Butter in a recipe → Added at 0%, you set the amount
Saponification values
Grams of lye needed to saponify one gram of red palm butter. Multiply by your oil weight, then apply your superfat.
- NaOH (bar soap)
- 0.142
- KOH (liquid soap)
- 0.199
- Iodine
- 53
- INS
- 145
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Fatty acid profile
| Fatty acid | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Palmitic | 44% |
| Oleic | 39% |
| Linoleic | 10% |
| Stearic | 5% |
| Myristic | 1% |
Soap qualities at 100%
What a bar made entirely of red palm 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 red palm butter and need a substitute. Check the lye maths again after swapping: SAP values differ even between oils that behave alike.
- Palm OilSAP 0.142 NaOH
- PalmoleinSAP 0.143 NaOH
- Mafura Butter (Trichilia emetica)SAP 0.141 NaOH
- Walmart GV Shortening, tallow, palmSAP 0.141 NaOH
- Ostrich OilSAP 0.139 NaOH
Use Red Palm Butter in a recipe → Added at 0% - you set the amount