dantango
Active Member
Re: Yes?
Thanks NEA. I use Costco's 'Pure Olive Oil' which is not extra virgin, but not pomace either. It's the lightest color OO I've seen (about the same as Soy) and only about $21 for 5 L. Speaking of Soy, especially when experimenting, I use it as as substitute for Olive.
Using the lower numbers from the data below each oil has a conditioning number of 68; Olive has a hardness score of 10, Soy 13, the main difference being that Olive's conditioning score is mainly from Oleic acid and Soy's is from Linoleic.
When I substitute Soy for Olive in a recipe of 50% Olive the numbers for hardness, Cleansing, condition, bubbly and creamy remain identical except hardness goes from 41 to 42.
Which makes me wonder, what is the advantage of the higher priced Olive?
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Olive Oil: Oleic 63-81% Palmitic 7-14% Linoleic 5-15% Stearic 3-5%
Soybean Oil: Linoleic 46-53% Oleic 22-27% Palmitic 9-12% Stearic 4-6%
Lauric Acid: Hard bar, cleansing, fluffy lather
Linoleic Acid: Conditioning
Myristic Acid: Hard bar, cleansing, fluffy lather
Oleic Acid: Conditioning
Palmitic Acid: Hard bar, stable lather
Ricinoleic Acid: Conditioning, fluffy stable lather
Stearic Acid: Hard bar, stable lather
Thanks NEA. I use Costco's 'Pure Olive Oil' which is not extra virgin, but not pomace either. It's the lightest color OO I've seen (about the same as Soy) and only about $21 for 5 L. Speaking of Soy, especially when experimenting, I use it as as substitute for Olive.
Using the lower numbers from the data below each oil has a conditioning number of 68; Olive has a hardness score of 10, Soy 13, the main difference being that Olive's conditioning score is mainly from Oleic acid and Soy's is from Linoleic.
When I substitute Soy for Olive in a recipe of 50% Olive the numbers for hardness, Cleansing, condition, bubbly and creamy remain identical except hardness goes from 41 to 42.
Which makes me wonder, what is the advantage of the higher priced Olive?
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Olive Oil: Oleic 63-81% Palmitic 7-14% Linoleic 5-15% Stearic 3-5%
Soybean Oil: Linoleic 46-53% Oleic 22-27% Palmitic 9-12% Stearic 4-6%
Lauric Acid: Hard bar, cleansing, fluffy lather
Linoleic Acid: Conditioning
Myristic Acid: Hard bar, cleansing, fluffy lather
Oleic Acid: Conditioning
Palmitic Acid: Hard bar, stable lather
Ricinoleic Acid: Conditioning, fluffy stable lather
Stearic Acid: Hard bar, stable lather
