MommaSoaper

Hello again, If you were following the soy oil thread (recipe help) this is a follow up. The client sent me the soaps she wants me to...

We would have so much fun but would never be able to address all of the questions we have! 🤣

@Mobjack Bay - be ornery as you want !! please!! In my next life, I will be your devoted assistant!!! I dream of a nuanced soapcalc...

I am a little confused now, bc you said you were originally looking for hydrogenated soybean oil. That is going to be listed and sold as...

Hmmmm, it seems the one you found is the normal, low oleic type of soybean oil. You can try the recipe that way, but I'm pretty sure the...

Thank you for the info! Ill check it out :) Im still not sure why they want soy oil but Im trying to get to the bottom of it. Ty!

Hello @MommaSoaper - don't know if this will be useful or not, but there is an Australian soapmaker (George at Dawn Organics, he has a...

Let's try this again: 1. Regular soybean oil is indeed high in linoleic acid (2 unsaturated bonds), and also has linolenic acid (3...

Thank you for clarifying this. That was my understanding, as well. And I probably confused the issue by calling them "high oleic" when I...

Oh, too bad... If it's Member's Mark 100% Pure Clear Frying Oil, it's not high oleic. The saturated and monounsaturated fats are only...

1. More or less my point, more detailed. What I find interesting here is that regular sunflower oil has even higher combined % of...

@ekozo I'm not trying to be ornery, but I would like to keep the confusion level about soy products as low as possible. The many forms...

Thank you so much for the information. The soybean oil (vegetable oil) that I was looking into is at sams club. It looks like their...

I wanted to share my observation, along with some thoughts on the recipe itself. From what I understand, there are 3 main soybean...

Sorry this has been a stressful situation for you! It does sound like it's regular soybean oil - not hydrogenated - that you want.