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Soy-free budget bar

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The oils

Oil Share
Lard (pure rendered pork fat) 45.0 %
Coconut Oil 25.0 %
Sunflowerseed Oil - High Oleic Acid 30.0 %

How it is made

Process Cold process
Alkali NaOH
Superfat 5 %
Water 38 % of the oils
Iodine value 54
INS 155

What the numbers say

Hardness 41 29–54
Cleansing 18 12–22
Conditioning 55 44–69
Bubbly lather 18 14–46
Creamy lather 23 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.

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11 variations

The same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.

Where these proportions come from

Our own construction: the budget bar with the soy and canola taken out.

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.

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