Formula: CP111 Difficulty level: medium Validity: min 12 months Superfat: 7% For details on the terms used and how to work, and for your safety, please see before COLD PROCESS SOAP MAKING GUIDE...
17%
Palm oil
€5.88
(VAT included)
€7.12
€4.94
(without VAT)
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| Product size | Suitable pump | |
| 50 ml, 90 g, 100 ml |
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| 200 g, 250 ml |
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Description
Palm Oil is obtained from the fruit pulp of the Elaeis Guineensis tree and is one of the most widely used fatty raw materials in the manufacture of solid soaps (both by the cold and hot process methods). It presents itself as a semi-solid, unctuous fatty mass, yellowish-white in color, with a neutral scent. Its remarkable stability at high temperatures and high resistance to oxidation (rancidity) make it an ideal ingredient for industrial or artisanal saponification processes.
In soap recipes, palm oil acts as a structural agent. Due to its native lipid profile, it provides consistency, hardness, and a controlled melting rate to the final product.
Properties in Soap Making
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Ensuring Hardness: The palmitic acid in its composition provides the solid soap with a compact structure and high physical resistance, preventing the soap bar from softening rapidly when in contact with water.
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Lather Quality (Creamy Lather): Unlike coconut oil (which produces a lather with large, airy bubbles), palm oil generates a dense, stable, creamy, and fine lather.
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Moderate Reaction Speed (Trace): During mixing with the sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, refined palm oil induces a predictable "trace" that is moderate in speed, allowing soap makers to work on aesthetic details, textures, or colorful pouring techniques (swirls).
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Gentle Cleansing Power: Its fatty acids effectively remove impurities without being as aggressive or stripping to the hydrolipid barrier as the lauric and myristic acids found in coconut or palm kernel oil.
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Neutral Base for Customization: The yellowish-white color and the lack of a native scent allow for the faithful rendering of cosmetic colorants (oxides, micas) and the intact preservation of fragrances or essential oils added at the end of the process.
How to Use
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Recommended Proportion in Recipes: In the formulation of natural soaps using the cold process method (Cold Process), palm oil is typically used in a proportion of 20% up to 45% of the total fats. Exceeding the 50% threshold can result in a soap that is too hard, brittle, and prone to cracking when cut.
- The Classic Base Combination: For a balanced soap (hardness, lather, moisturization), palm oil is used in tandem with coconut oil (for large bubbles and cleansing) and olive oil (for emollience and conditioning), with the standard formula often being divided into relatively equal proportions among these three fats.
Details
Code
D-1002
Categories
Status
Natural compliant
Suitable for
cosmetics, household, soaps
Texture
medium
Hygiene
Soaps
Storage
in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight
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Adriana U.
10 Dec 2024
It is widely used in cosmetics, finds its application in soap formulation and body care products in general.
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Ancuta N.
10 Oct 2024
It's one of the base oils I use in soap making. Last time I ordered by the gallon. It's more convenient if you use large quantities.
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Miki M.
10 Oct 2024
The palm oil is not missing in my soaps ,maybe they will bring red palm oil to stop looking elsewhere.
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Anisoara M.
22 May 2024
Palm oil is a must in soaps! It is a quality product!
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Anamaria H.
05 Jan 2024
I use this oil in soap recipes that I want to be moisturizing, I'm pleased with the quality.
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Anisoara M.
05 Jan 2024
Palm oil is very good for soaps. I highly recommend it. It is a very good quality product!
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Anisoara M.
05 Oct 2023
Palm oil is used in soaps, it has an emollient, texturizing, soothing, calming and nourishing effect on the skin. I recommend it!
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Luminita A.
05 Oct 2023
I use palm oil when making soaps, it has emollient, texturizing, soothing and nourishing effect on the skin.
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Elena S.
05 Oct 2023
It is an inescapable ingredient in my cold-processed soap recipe; an indispensable product in the super moisturizing soaps I make.
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Customer E.
05 May 2023
I make very pleasant care products from this oil and do not buy at all in the store. My hair is grateful to me.
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Aimee W.
13 Jan 2023
I use Palm oil when I need to make a vegan soap. It creates a lovely hard bar of soap used at 25% of the oils. Thank you for packaging it in buckets as it can be scooped out and re-sealed without the need to melt an entire bottle of it just to pour out what I need! I have used this in foot balms at 10% and it has shown good skin softening abilities.
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Anca R.
05 Oct 2022
I use this oil to make natural soap and am very satisfied! It gives the soap remarkable properties!
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Maria M.
05 Oct 2022
I use it in the composition of soaps, I get a very good texture, hard enough with a very good foaming.
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Gingu I.
05 Oct 2022
I used this oil to make cold process soap. The result was an emollient, inexpensive and high foaming soap
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Rodica B.
05 Oct 2022
I bought it for soap,can't wait to use it,the quality makes the difference,a perfect combination with other soap products
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Irina U.
05 Oct 2022
Combined with olive and coconut oil it gives a smooth texture to soaps, I'm very fond of it in soap recipes which is why it will become a household staple.
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Nicoleta A.
05 Jan 2022
Excellent products and delivery