About
Avocado oil is a rich, nourishing oil, popular in soaps for dry or mature skin. It contains 58% oleic acid but also 20% palmitic acid, which gives it a little more body than olive oil, as well as a notable share of unsaponifiables (vitamins, phytosterols), part of which remains in the soap.
It makes a mild soap with a creamy, stable lather, and behaves in a recipe much like olive oil. It is most often used at 5 to 20% of the oils, alongside a lauric oil for lather and a butter for hardness.
Unrefined avocado oil, deep green, can give the batter a slight greenish tint that often fades over time; refined oil, pale yellow and almost odourless, is more neutral and cheaper. Avocado butter, which is firmer, has a different composition.
SAP value: 186 mg KOH/g, i.e. about 126 g of sodium hydroxide for 1 kg of oil at 5% superfat.
Recommended usage rate
From 5 to 20% of the oils in the recipe.
Values
How much lye for 1 kg?
For 1,000 g of Avocado Oil with 5% superfat:
These amounts apply to a soap made with this oil only. For a blend of oils, use the calculator.
Fatty acid profile
Soap qualities (oil used alone)
Values for a soap made with 100% of this oil, compared with the recommended range for a complete recipe.
Oils with a similar profile
Fats whose fatty acid composition is closest to this one: useful to find a substitute.