Sunflowerseed Oil - High Oleic Acid
INCI Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil. Saponified with NaOH it is listed as Sodium Sunflowerseedate, with KOH as Potassium Sunflowerseedate. CAS 84776-03-4, 8001-21-6, 164250-88-8; EC 232-273-9, as CosIng gives them. Also: High oleic sunflower oil, HOSO.
Published values
| Saponification value | 182–194 mg KOH/g |
| Used by the calculator | 188.0 mg KOH/g (midpoint) |
| SAP for NaOH | 0.1340 g/g |
| Iodine value | 78–90 g I₂/100 g |
| INS (SAP − IV) | 104 |
| Melting point | — |
| Unsaponifiable matter | ≤ 1.5 % |
A bar made of 100 % Sunflowerseed 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 | 63.7 g(61.6–65.7) | 89.3 g(86.5–92.2) |
| 1 kg | 127.3 g(123.3–131.4) | 178.6 g(172.9–184.3) |
| 1 lb (454 g) | 57.8 g(55.9–59.6) | 81.0 g(78.4–83.6) |
| 2 lb (907 g) | 115.5 g(111.8–119.2) | 162.0 g(156.9–167.2) |
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 10 : 90
| Fatty acid | Published range, % | Used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myristic acid | C14:0 · saturated | 0–0.1 | 0.1 |
| Palmitic acid | C16:0 · saturated | 2.6–5 | 3.8 |
| Palmitoleic acid | C16:1 | 0–0.1 | 0.1 |
| Stearic acid | C18:0 · saturated | 2.9–6.2 | 4.6 |
| Oleic acid | C18:1 | 75–90.7 | 82.9 |
| Linoleic acid | C18:2 | 2.1–17 | 9.6 |
| α-Linolenic acid | C18:3 n-3 | 0–0.3 | 0.2 |
| Arachidic acid | C20:0 · saturated | 0.2–0.5 | 0.4 |
| Gadoleic acid | C20:1 | 0.1–0.5 | 0.3 |
| Behenic acid | C22:0 · saturated | 0.5–1.6 | 1.1 |
| Erucic acid | C22:1 | 0–0.3 | 0.2 |
| Lignoceric acid | C24:0 · saturated | 0–0.5 | 0.3 |
Recipes that use it
- Soy-free lard and sunflower bar 30 % of the oils
- Mocha swirl bar 20 % of the oils
- Rosemary and mint bar 20 % of the oils
- Three-colour hanger swirl bar 20 % of the oils
- Coconut milk bar 15 % of the oils
- Dandelion zebra-stripe bar 15 % of the oils
- Five-layer blue ombre bar 15 % of the oils
- Lemon and poppy seed layered bar 15 % of the oils
- Madder and alkanet swirl bar 15 % of the oils
- Stout beer bar 15 % of the oils
- Honey and beeswax bar 13 % of the oils
- Whipped cream soap 13 % of the oils
Guides that discuss it
- Antioxidants and chelators: keeping soap from going off
- Dreaded orange spots (DOS) and rancid soap
- Marseille soap: what savon de Marseille is and what 72 % means
- Soap from used cooking oil: how much lye, and how to clean the oil
- Swirl techniques: in the pot, drop, hanger, spoon and Taiwan
- The soaping oils: what each one brings to a bar
Compared with other oils
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 75 % oleic acid (Section 3.1).
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