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Ingredient profile

Shea Butter

Butter · Butyrospermum Parkii Butter

What it does

Formula base. It shapes hardness, cleansing, conditioning, lather, longevity, iodine, INS, and lye demand.

When to add

Add with the oil phase before the lye solution. It is not added during cure.

Tip

Any replacement changes SAP and soap profile. Recalculate before scaling.

Soapmaking data

NaOH SAP0.1276
KOH SAP0.179
Use range5% - 20%
IFRA max-

Public recipes using this ingredient

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