The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 100.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 2 % |
| Water | lye water at 35 % |
| Iodine value | 85 |
| INS | 106 |
What the numbers say
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
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.
Where these proportions come from
Palestinian olive soap: virgin olive oil, water and an alkali historically from barilla ash. Composition is single-oil, like castile; the difference is process, not formulation.
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.