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Aronia Seed Oil (Black Chokeberry)

Also: Black chokeberry seed oil, Chokeberry seed oil, Aronia melanocarpa seed oil.

Calculate a 100 % Aronia Seed Oil (Black Chokeberry) bar

The saponification value here is derived, not published. No primary document we could use gives one for Aronia Seed Oil (Black Chokeberry), so it is calculated from this record's own fatty-acid composition: chain lengths fix the molar mass, which fixes how much hydroxide a gram of fat consumes. That gives 191.3 mg KOH/g, ±3 %.

That is stoichiometry on a measured composition rather than a guess, and it is about as well determined as a published figure: checked against the 35 Codex oils where both fields come from the same standard, the method's median error is 0.90 % and its 90th percentile 2.74 %, with no meaningful bias. The formula page shows the working. If you have a certificate of analysis for your lot, enter its measured value in the calculator and this estimate is set aside.

Published values

Saponification valuenot published
Derived from composition191.3 ± 3 % mg KOH/g
Used by the calculator191.3 mg KOH/g (derived)
SAP for NaOH0.1364 g/g
Iodine value—
INS (SAP − IV)—
Melting point—
Unsaponifiable matter—

A bar made of 100 % Aronia Seed Oil (Black Chokeberry)

Hardness 6 below 29–54
Cleansing 0 below 12–22
Conditioning 93 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 0 below 14–46
Creamy lather 6 below 16–48

Conventional qualities summed from the fatty-acid groups; a single-oil bar is a reference point, not a recipe.

Fatty-acid profile

Fatty acidPublished range, %Used
Palmitic acid C16:0 · saturated 4.8–5.1 (typical 5.1) 5.1
Palmitoleic acid C16:1 0–0.2 0.1
Stearic acid C18:0 · saturated 1.1–1.2 (typical 1.1) 1.1
Oleic acid C18:1 21–21.4 (typical 21.4) 21.4
Linoleic acid C18:2 66.9–71.1 (typical 71.1) 71.1
α-Linolenic acid C18:3 n-3 0.5 0.5
Arachidic acid C20:0 · saturated ≤ 0.7 0.7
Gadoleic acid C20:1 ≤ 0.3 0.3
Behenic acid C22:0 · saturated 0.3–0.8 (typical 0.8) 0.8
Erucic acid C22:1 ≤ 0.3 0.3

Where these numbers come from

PlantFAdb, Michigan State University (fatplants.net), based on the SOFA database of the Max Rubner-Institut; Ohlrogge J. et al. (2018) PlantFAdb, The Plant Journal 96:1299-1308 — PlantFAdb dataset #11362 for Aronia melanocarpa (plant 18268): 'Lipid composition of Bulgarian chokeberry, black currant and rose hip seed oils' (1999), SOFA TAB_013869 · document dated 1999 · read 2026-09-24

GLC area-% fatty acids, oil content 19.3 wt-%.

PlantFAdb, Michigan State University (fatplants.net), based on the SOFA database of the Max Rubner-Institut; Ohlrogge J. et al. (2018) PlantFAdb, The Plant Journal 96:1299-1308 — PlantFAdb dataset #10704 for Aronia melanocarpa (plant 17710), SOFA TAB_002335, publication recorded as 'Unpublished (1998)' · document dated 1998 · read 2026-09-24

GLC area-% fatty acids (23 data points, total 97.8). Used for the min/max; its provenance is weaker than a published paper.

A linoleic-acid oil (about 67-71 % linoleic, 21 % oleic) from the seeds of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa). No recent open-access analysis of the oil could be found, so the record rests on the two Aronia datasets in PlantFAdb. Typicals: dataset #11362, 'Lipid composition of Bulgarian chokeberry, black currant and rose hip seed oils' (1999; SOFA TAB_013869; oil content 19.3 %), GLC area %: 14:0 0.0, 16:1 0.0, 16:0 5.1, 18:3 0.5, 18:2 71.1, 18:1 21.4, 18:0 1.1, 22:0 0.8 (sum 100.0). Min/max add dataset #10704 (SOFA TAB_002335, recorded in SOFA as 'Unpublished (1998)'), GLC area %: 10:0, 12:0, 14:0, 15:0 each 0.0; 16:1 0.2; 16:0 4.8; 17:1 0.1; 17:0 0.1; 18:3 0.5; 18:2 66.9; 18:1 delta-11 0.6; 18:1 delta-9 21.0; 18:0 1.2; 19:0 0.1; 20:2 0.1; 20:1 0.3; 20:0 0.7; 21:0 0.1; 22:2 0.2; 22:1 0.3; 22:0 0.3; 24:0 0.1; 26:0 0.2 (total 97.8). Acids reported only in #10704 are stored as max; those without a schema key or under 0.3 % (C17, C19, C21, C26, cis-vaccenic 0.6, 20:2, 22:2, 24:0 0.1) are left out. NO SAPONIFICATION OR IODINE VALUE appears in either dataset or in any open document found, so both are null; the build derives the saponification value from the profile (all C16-C18). About 72 % of the fatty acids are polyunsaturated. CosIng has no INCI name for Aronia seed oil (only fruit, juice and callus extracts), so inci is null.

This record is part of the open ingredient database (ODbL). Found an error or a better primary source? The dataset is on GitHub; corrections with a document link are welcome.