Avocado butter (cosmetic blend): SAP value and fatty acids
Avocado butter (cosmetic blend) has a saponification value of 187.65 mg KOH/g. One gram needs 0.134 g of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) for bar soap or 0.188 g of potassium hydroxide (KOH) for liquid soap to turn fully into soap, before any superfat.
Key numbers
- SAP, NaOH
- 0.133772 g per g oil
- SAP, KOH
- 0.18765 g per g oil
- Saponification value
- 187.65 mg KOH/g
- INCI name
- Persea Gratissima Oil + Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Example: 100 g of Avocado butter (cosmetic blend) with no superfat needs 13.4 g of 100% NaOH, or 18.8 g of 100% KOH. A 5% superfat uses 5% less.
In soap
Avocado butter (cosmetic blend) is left out of the soap-quality scores in Soap Ledger: it is mostly not ordinary oil (a wax, resin, blend or an oil with unusual fatty acids), so those scores would not describe it. It still counts fully in the lye calculation.
A blend of avocado oil and hydrogenated vegetable oil. Recipe varies by maker; check the COA.
Sources
SAP value: 187.65 mg KOH/g (Median of sources), from Avocado Butter product page, Voyageur Soap & Candle (supplier). Printed value: 175 – 200 mg KOH/g.
Published values we checked:
- 175 – 200 mg KOH/g — Voyageur Soap & Candle (supplier)
- 175.0 – 200.0 mg KOH/g — Supplies For Candles (UK supplier)
- NaOH 0.1339 / KOH 0.1886 g alkali per g oil — Certified Lye
- 191 mg KOH/g — The Soapery (UK soap supplier)
NaOH and KOH values are converted from mg KOH/g with the molar masses 39.997 and 56.106 and rounded to 6 decimals, exactly as in the Soap Ledger app. Real oils vary by origin, grade and lot: check your supplier's certificate of analysis. Verify every weight before you make this, and follow lye safety. Not a safety or compliance certification.
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