The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) | 45.0 % |
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 25.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 25.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 5.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 5 % |
| Water | lye water at 35 % |
| Iodine value | 48 |
| INS | 160 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 48 29–54
Cleansing 19 12–22
Conditioning 47 44–69
Bubbly lather 23 14–46
Creamy lather 33 16–48
Computed from the fatty acids of the fats above. The bands are what the craft has settled on, not chemistry — a bar outside one is not wrong.
Try it differently
14 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- Kokum Butter instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- 3 % superfat
- 8 % superfat
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
- Kokum Butter instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Kokum Butter instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
Our own construction, aimed at a bar that survives a wet soap dish.
A canonical formulation: the proportions the craft has settled on for this kind of soap. Not transcribed from a document, and not copied from anywhere.