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Lovely green-tinted luxury oil. Good balance of oleic and linoleic acids.
INCI: PISTACIA VERA SEED OIL
Pistachio Oil (PISTACIA VERA SEED OIL) is a soap-making oil used in handmade soap recipes. Its SAP values are 0.1350 for NaOH and 0.1900 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.
Pistachio Oil has an NaOH SAP value of 0.13500 and a KOH SAP value of 0.19000, meaning approximately 135g 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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