Almond milk (unsweetened)
Replaces some or all of the water.
Opens the calculator’s starter recipe, 1000 g of oils, with this additive at the dose it fills in, ready to change.
What it is
Unsweetened almond milk, shelf-stable: nearly all water, with a little fat and no sugar.
USDA FoodData Central primary source
How much
- 50 % of the water filled in Modern Soapmaking supplier or guide
- up to 100 % of the water Soap Queen supplier or guide
The calculator fills in 50 % of the water: 145 g for the 1000 g of oils in its starter recipe.
When and how
- Usually: as the lye liquid.
- Also used: at light trace.
- Freeze it, and add the lye slowly.
Modern Soapmaking supplier or guide
What it does to the recipe
- 97.4 % is water, taken off the recipe’s water.
- 1.22 % is fat, which stays in the bar as extra superfat.
USDA FoodData Central primary source
Worth knowing
- Choose one with few additives: gums and thickeners can speed trace. The Nerdy Farm Wife supplier or guide
Spoons and drops
- 1 tsp ≈ 5.08 g
- 1 tbsp ≈ 15.3 g
- 1 cup ≈ 244 g
USDA FoodData Central primary source
INCI name
CosIng has no single INCI name for it: label it by what it contains.
Recipes that use it
Guides that discuss it
Sources
USDA FoodData Central, food 1999631: Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable.
Modern Soapmaking, almond milk soap: "half almond milk & half distilled water".
Soap Queen, adding lye to milk: the lye into frozen milk, slowly; scorched milk turns "from a creamy white to a golden yellow" with an "ammonia-like smell for up to 10 days"; gel phase scorches it.
The Nerdy Farm Wife, soap with milk: "When using milk substitutes, the less additives, the better."
USDA FoodData Central, food 2705409: Almond milk, unsweetened.