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Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil)

INCI Olea Europaea Fruit Oil. Saponified with NaOH it is listed as Sodium Olivate, with KOH as Potassium Olivate. Also: Extra virgin olive oil, Virgin olive oil, Refined olive oil, Olea europaea fruit oil.

Calculate a 100 % Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) bar

Published values

Saponification value184–196 mg KOH/g
Used by the calculator190.0 mg KOH/g (midpoint)
SAP for NaOH0.1354 g/g
Iodine value75–94 g I₂/100 g
INS (SAP − IV)106
Melting point
Unsaponifiable matter≤ 1.5 %

A bar made of 100 % Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil)

Hardness 17 below 29–54
Cleansing 0 below 12–22
Conditioning 81 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 0 below 14–46
Creamy lather 17 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
Myristic acid C14:0 · saturated 0–0.05 0.0
Palmitic acid C16:0 · saturated 7.5–20 13.8
Palmitoleic acid C16:1 0.3–3.5 1.9
Stearic acid C18:0 · saturated 0.5–5 2.8
Oleic acid C18:1 55–83 69.0
Linoleic acid C18:2 3.5–21 12.3
Arachidic acid C20:0 · saturated 0–0.6 0.3
Gadoleic acid C20:1 0–0.4 0.2
Behenic acid C22:0 · saturated 0–0.2 0.1
Lignoceric acid C24:0 · saturated 0–0.2 0.1

Where these numbers come from

Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO)CODEX STAN 33-1981 Standard for Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils (revised 1989, 2003, 2015; amended 2009, 2013) - 2015 print · document dated 2015 · read 2026-09-20

Section 3 fatty-acid composition (GC, % total FA) is mandatory. Appendix 3 'Chemical and physical characteristics' (relative density 0.910-0.916, saponification value, iodine value (Wijs), unsaponifiable matter) is ADVISORY. C18:3 limit left open in this print (footnote 3: national limits may remain pending IOOC survey).

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 18th Edition, English version)JP XVIII, Crude Drugs and Related Drugs (official monographs) · document dated 2021-06-07 · read 2026-09-20

JP XVIII 'Olive Oil': acid value NMT 1.0; saponification value 186-194; unsaponifiable matters NMT 1.5 %; iodine value 79-88; specific gravity 0.908-0.914.

Gustav Heess GmbH (oil producer/refiner), product specification sheetProduct Specification: Olive oil refined Ph. Eur. 12 (Reg-No. Sp210031j) · document dated 2026-01-21 · read 2026-09-20

Fatty acids: CXS 33 Section 3 table (identical ranges for virgin olive oils, refined olive oil and olive oil): C14:0 0.0-0.05, C16:0 7.5-20.0, C16:1 0.3-3.5, C17:0/C17:1 0.0-0.3 (omitted), C18:0 0.5-5.0, C18:1 55.0-83.0, C18:2 3.5-21.0, C18:3 not limited in this print, C20:0 0.0-0.6, C20:1 0.0-0.4, C22:0 0.0-0.2, C24:0 0.0-0.2 %. SAP 184-196 mg KOH/g, IV (Wijs) 75-94 and unsaponifiable <= 15 g/kg are from the ADVISORY Appendix (section 3, 'Chemical and physical characteristics'). Additional: JP XVIII 'Olive Oil' SAP 186-194, IV 79-88, unsaponifiable NMT 1.5 %, specific gravity 0.908-0.914; Ph. Eur. 12 'Olive oil, refined' (Heess sheet) palmitic 7.5-20.0, palmitoleic max 3.5, stearic 0.5-5.0, oleic 56.0-85.0, linoleic 3.5-20.0, linolenic max 1.2, arachidic max 0.7, eicosenoic max 0.4, behenic max 0.2, lignoceric max 0.2 %, unsaponifiable max 1.5 %.

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