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Shortening Recipe

  • Created:08/10/2020
  • Last Updated:30/10/2021
  • Views:148

Recipe Totals

Liquid Required8.84 oz250.69 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 4.42 oz 125.35 g
Oil Weight32 oz907.18 g
Fragrance Weight1.6 oz45.36 g
Super Fat8 %
Total Batch Weight46.99 oz1332.08 g
Lye Concentration33.33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2:1
Saturated : Unsaturated49:51

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2114 - 46
Cleansing1612 - 22
Condition4744 - 69
Hardness4929 - 54
Longevity3225 - 50
Creamy Lather3716 - 48
Iodine5141 - 70
Ins157136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric11
Myristic6
Palmitic24
Stearic9
Ricinoleic5
Oleic33
Linoleic7
Linolenic2

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required8.84 oz250.69 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 4.42 oz 125.35 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Walmart GV Shortening, tallow, palm6019.2544.31
Coconut Oil, 76 deg206.4181.44
Canola Oil144.48127.01
Castor Oil61.9254.43
Total10032907.18

Custom Additives

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Citric Acid3.5 g3.5 g

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Additional Ingredients

Graph: Recipe Properties %

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  • 40
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  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    21
  • 22
    12
    16
  • 69
    44
    47
  • 54
    29
    49
  • 50
    25
    32
  • 48
    16
    37
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 11
  • 6
  • 24
  • 9
  • 5
  • 33
  • 7
  • 2
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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