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Southern African nut oil with UV-protective eleostearic acid. Unique niche ingredient.
INCI: SCHINZIOPHYTON RAUTANENII KERNEL OIL
Mongongo Oil (SCHINZIOPHYTON RAUTANENII KERNEL OIL) is a soap-making oil used in handmade soap recipes. Its SAP values are 0.1270 for NaOH and 0.1780 for KOH, which helps dial in accurate lye amounts.
Typical usage stays below 15% of total oils. In practice, it is vegan, palm-free, best treated as a specialty ingredient rather than a bulk base oil.
Mongongo Oil has an NaOH SAP value of 0.12700 and a KOH SAP value of 0.17800, meaning approximately 127g of sodium hydroxide saponifies 1kg of this oil. It is typically used at 0–15.00% of total oil weight in cold process soap recipes.
Shaded areas show the ideal range for balanced soap. Values outside these ranges may still produce good soap depending on the overall formula.
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