Safflowerseed Oil - High Oleic Acid
INCI Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil. Saponified with NaOH it is listed as Sodium Safflowerate, with KOH as Potassium Safflowerate. CAS 8001-23-8; EC 232-276-5, as CosIng gives them. Also: High oleic safflower oil, High oleic carthamus oil, High oleic kurdee oil.
Published values
| Saponification value | 186–194 mg KOH/g |
| Used by the calculator | 190.0 mg KOH/g (midpoint) |
| SAP for NaOH | 0.1354 g/g |
| Iodine value | 80–100 g I₂/100 g |
| INS (SAP − IV) | 100 |
| Melting point | — |
| Unsaponifiable matter | ≤ 1 % |
A bar made of 100 % Safflowerseed Oil - High Oleic Acid
Conventional qualities summed from the fatty-acid groups; a single-oil bar is a reference point, not a recipe.
How much lye
| Oil | NaOH | KOH |
|---|---|---|
| 500 g | 64.3 g(63.0–65.7) | 90.3 g(88.4–92.2) |
| 1 kg | 128.7 g(126.0–131.4) | 180.5 g(176.7–184.3) |
| 1 lb (454 g) | 58.4 g(57.1–59.6) | 81.9 g(80.2–83.6) |
| 2 lb (907 g) | 116.7 g(114.3–119.2) | 163.7 g(160.3–167.2) |
For this oil alone at 5 % superfat, with pure sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or pure potassium hydroxide (KOH); in brackets, across the published range of its saponification value. KOH is usually sold at 90 %: divide by 0.9. For a whole recipe, open the calculator.
Fatty-acid profile
Saturated : unsaturated 8 : 92
| Fatty acid | Published range, % | Used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauric acid | C12:0 · saturated | 0–0.2 | 0.1 |
| Myristic acid | C14:0 · saturated | 0–0.2 | 0.1 |
| Palmitic acid | C16:0 · saturated | 3.6–6 | 4.8 |
| Palmitoleic acid | C16:1 | 0–0.2 | 0.1 |
| Stearic acid | C18:0 · saturated | 1.5–2.4 | 2.0 |
| Oleic acid | C18:1 | 70–83.7 | 76.9 |
| Linoleic acid | C18:2 | 9–19.9 | 14.5 |
| α-Linolenic acid | C18:3 n-3 | 0–1.2 | 0.6 |
| Arachidic acid | C20:0 · saturated | 0.3–0.6 | 0.4 |
| Gadoleic acid | C20:1 | 0.1–0.5 | 0.3 |
| Behenic acid | C22:0 · saturated | 0–0.4 | 0.2 |
| Erucic acid | C22:1 | 0–0.3 | 0.2 |
| Lignoceric acid | C24:0 · saturated | 0–0.3 | 0.2 |
Where these numbers come from
Verbatim mirror of the FAO file CXS_210e.pdf; the official FAO link was Cloudflare-gated at retrieval. Table 1 (Section 3.1) = mandatory GLC fatty-acid ranges, % of total fatty acids, ND = not detectable (<=0.05%). Table 2 (Appendix 'Other quality and composition factors') gives saponification value, iodine value (Wijs) and unsaponifiable matter of CRUDE oils; the Appendix is explicitly ADVISORY (a product not meeting it may still conform). This print predates the 2021-2025 amendments; the 2024 additions (avocado, camellia seed, sacha inchi, high-oleic soya bean) are not included.
Fatty acids from CXS 210 Table 1 (mandatory GLC ranges, % of total fatty acids; 'ND' = not detectable, <=0.05%, entries that are ND-only are omitted; C17:0, C17:1, C20:2, C22:2 and C24:1 columns omitted because they are outside the acids this database records). The saponification value, the iodine value and the unsaponifiable share from Appendix Table 2 (crude oils; ADVISORY, not mandatory; unsaponifiable converted from g/kg). No 'typical' values are printed in the standard, so none are given. Must contain not less than 70 % oleic acid (Section 3.1).
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