The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 45.0 % |
| Lard (pure rendered pork fat) | 30.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 10.0 % |
| Shea Butter | 15.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 7 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 72 |
| INS | 117 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 27 below 29–54
Cleansing 1 below 12–22
Conditioning 71 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 9 below 14–46
Creamy lather 35 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
11 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat)
- Palm Oil instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat)
- Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Oil) instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat)
- 5 % superfat
- 10 % superfat
- Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat) and 5 % superfat
- Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat) and 10 % superfat
- Palm Oil instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat) and 5 % superfat
- Palm Oil instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat) and 10 % superfat
- Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Oil) instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat) and 5 % superfat
- Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Oil) instead of Lard (pure rendered pork fat) and 10 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
Our own construction, for makers who react to coconut soap. Lather comes from castor rather than lauric oils.
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.