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Basic Tallow Recipe

  • Created:18/05/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required6.89 oz195.33 g
Master Batch Lye Weight 23.54 oz667.46 g
Oil Weight80 oz2267.96 g
Fragrance Weight2.4 oz68.04 g
Super Fat5 %
Total Batch Weight120.24 oz3408.71 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated43:57

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather1714 - 46
Cleansing1212 - 22
Condition5444 - 69
Hardness4329 - 54
Longevity3125 - 50
Creamy Lather3616 - 48
Iodine5641 - 70
Ins147136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric8
Myristic5
Palmitic19
Stearic13
Ricinoleic5
Oleic40
Linoleic7
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required6.89 oz195.33 g
Master Batch Lye Weight 23.54 oz667.46 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Castor Oil54113.4
Coconut Oil, 76 deg1512340.19
Lard, Pig Tallow (Manteca)2016453.59
Tallow Beef2520566.99
Olive Oil2520566.99
Rice Bran Oil, refined54113.4
Kokum Butter54113.4
Total100802267.96

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Citric Acid1.2 oz34.02 g
Add with the Fats
Kaolin Clay1.5 tbsp22.5 g
Colloidal Oats1 tbsp15 g

Liquids

Add with the liquid
Goat's milk4 oz113.4 g
Sodium lactate5 tsp25 g

Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    17
  • 22
    12
    12
  • 69
    44
    54
  • 54
    29
    43
  • 50
    25
    31
  • 48
    16
    36
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 8
  • 5
  • 19
  • 13
  • 5
  • 40
  • 7
  • 0
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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