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Animal fats

Rendered Pork Fat

Also: Rendered pig fat, Pork dripping.

Calculate a 100 % Rendered Pork Fat bar

Published values

Saponification value192–203 mg KOH/g
Used by the calculator197.5 mg KOH/g (midpoint)
SAP for NaOH0.1408 g/g
Iodine value60–72 g I₂/100 g
INS (SAP − IV)132
Melting point
Unsaponifiable matter≤ 1.2 %

A bar made of 100 % Rendered Pork Fat

Hardness 42 29–54
Cleansing 2 below 12–22
Conditioning 55 44–69
Bubbly lather 2 below 14–46
Creamy lather 40 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 1–2.5 1.8
Palmitic acid C16:0 · saturated 20–30 25.0
Palmitoleic acid C16:1 2–4 3.0
Stearic acid C18:0 · saturated 8–22 15.0
Oleic acid C18:1 35–55 45.0
Linoleic acid C18:2 4–12 8.0
α-Linolenic acid C18:3 n-3 ≤ 1.5 1.5
Arachidic acid C20:0 · saturated ≤ 1 1.0
Gadoleic acid C20:1 ≤ 1.5 1.5
Behenic acid C22:0 · saturated ≤ 0.1 0.1
Erucic acid C22:1 ≤ 0.5 0.5

Where these numbers come from

Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO)CODEX STAN 211-1999 Standard for Named Animal Fats (adopted 1999; amended 2009, 2013, 2015) - 2015 print · document dated 2015 · read 2026-09-20

Section 3 GLC fatty-acid ranges (% of total FA) are mandatory; the Appendix table 'Chemical and physical characteristics' (relative density, refractive index, titre, saponification value, iodine value (Wijs), unsaponifiable matter) is ADVISORY. Later editorial amendments (2019+) not checked - FAO site Cloudflare-gated.

Fatty acids from CXS 211 Section 3 GLC ranges, column 'Lard / Rendered pork fat' (% of total FA; mandatory). Also printed there and omitted here (outside key list): C6:0-C12:0 < 0.5 in total, C14:ISO < 0.1, C14:1 < 0.2, C15:0 < 0.2, C15:ISO < 0.1, C15:ANTI ISO < 0.1, C16:ISO < 0.1, C16:2 < 0.1, C17:0 < 1, C17:1 < 1, C17:ISO < 0.1, C17:ANTI ISO < 0.1, C20:2 < 1.0, C20:4 < 1.0. '< x' limits are given as max only. SAP 192-203 mg KOH/g, IV (Wijs) 60-72, unsaponifiable <= 12 g/kg, titre 32-45 C, relative density 0.894-0.906 from the ADVISORY Appendix table (rendered pork fat column). Definition (2.2): fat rendered from tissues and bones of swine, may include bone/skin/head fat (unlike lard).

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.