Plain yogurt (whole milk)
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
Plain yogurt made from whole milk, which US rules require to be acidic.
USDA FoodData Central primary source, 21 CFR Part 131 primary source
How much
- 1–3 tsp per pound of oils in hot process filled in Lovin Soap supplier or guide
- 58 % of the water in a controlled test Modern Soapmaking supplier or guide
The calculator fills in 1 tsp per pound of oils: 11.2 g for the 1000 g of oils in its starter recipe.
When and how
- Usually: into the oils.
- Also used: at light trace, after the cook.
- Stir it in as it is.
Lovin Soap supplier or guide
What it does to the recipe
- 87.9 % is water, taken off the recipe’s water.
- 3.25 % is fat, which stays in the bar as extra superfat.
- 4.66 % is sugar, which heats the batch.
USDA FoodData Central primary source, 21 CFR Part 131 primary source
Worth knowing
- Caution: It heats the batch: work cool and do not insulate it, or it can crack or overflow the mould. Modern Soapmaking supplier or guide
- It is acidic, pH 4.6 or lower, but no source says how much lye that takes, so none is added for it. 21 CFR Part 131 primary source
Spoons and drops
- 1 tsp ≈ 5.1 g
- 1 tbsp ≈ 15.3 g
- 1 cup ≈ 245 g
USDA FoodData Central primary source
INCI name
Yogurt
- CAS number
- 8050-05-3
Recipes that use it
Guides that discuss it
Sources
USDA FoodData Central, food 171284: Yogurt, plain, whole milk.
US 21 CFR Part 131, milk and cream: cultured milk has "a titratable acidity of not less than 0.5 percent, expressed as lactic acid" (131.112); yogurt has "a pH of 4.6 or lower" (131.200).
Lovin Soap, yogurt soap: fresh yogurt as part of the water, added to the oils. Fluid hot process: yogurt at 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon per pound of oils.
Modern Soapmaking, lather additive testing: sodium lactate 0.25 oz per pound of oils; sugar and bentonite 1 tablespoon per pound of oils; sodium citrate 3 %; yogurt for 58 % of the water. Of the bentonite bar: "Many soapmakers add various clays to their soaps to increase slip and glide, to make shaving soaps. It also adds a nice creamy touch with an increase on lather."
Modern Soapmaking, cucumber and yogurt soap: "yogurt can be an accelerator ... Yogurt is a heater".