Coconut water
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
Coconut water is the liquid from inside coconuts, nearly all water. The lye turns it bright orange, a colour that does not last into the finished soap.
USDA FoodData Central primary source, Faiola, Soap Crafting primary source
How much
- 100 % of the water filled in Faiola, Soap Crafting primary source
The calculator fills in 100 % of the water: 297 g for the 1000 g of oils in its starter recipe.
When and how
- Usually: as the lye liquid.
Faiola, Soap Crafting primary source
What it does to the recipe
- 94.99 % is water, taken off the recipe’s water.
- 0.2 % is fat, which stays in the bar as extra superfat.
- 2.61 % is sugar, which heats the batch.
USDA FoodData Central primary source
Spoons and drops
- 1 tsp ≈ 5 g
- 1 tbsp ≈ 15 g
- 1 cup ≈ 240 g
USDA FoodData Central primary source
INCI name
Cocos Nucifera Fruit Juice
- CAS number
- 8001-31-8
- EC number
- 232-282-8
Guides that discuss it
Sources
USDA FoodData Central, food 170174: Nuts, coconut water (liquid from coconuts) (1 cup = 240 g).
Anne-Marie Faiola, Soap Crafting (Storey, 2013): 8.9 oz of coconut water as the whole lye liquid; "The lye turns the coconut water a bright orange color. This is normal and does not affect the final color of the soap" (pp. 129–131). "14.5 ounces freshly brewed and cooled green tea" as the lye liquid, which "turns a brownish hue when it reacts with the lye" (p. 173). Wine: "boil off the alcohol before adding the wine to the lye", 10 to 15 minutes, topped up with distilled water to 16.5 oz for 50 oz of oils; otherwise "alcohol may react violently to the lye, causing a bit of a volcanic eruption" (pp. 148–150).