Vanilla Lard Soap
This is a hard soap made only from lard. It will last long and is good for the skin. This soap was prepared using the hot process, watch the video here.
Ingredients: (metric)
- 940 g Lard, Pig Tallow
- 360 g Water
- 125 g Sodium Hydroxide
- 10 g Vanilla oil
- 10 g Pinewood oil
- 10 g Cinnamon oil
Ingredients: (US/imperial)
- 33.2 oz Lard, Pig Tallow
- 12.6 oz Water
- 4.5 oz Sodium Hydroxide
- 0.35 oz Vanilla oil
- 0.35 oz Pinewood oil
- 0.35 oz Cinnamon oil
This yields a soap with the following properties and fatty acid distribution:
| Property | Range | Value |
| Hardness | 29-54 | 42 |
| Cleansing | 12-22 | 1 |
| Conditioning | 44-69 | 52 |
| Lather | 14-46 | 1 |
| Creamy | 16-48 | 41 |
| Iodine | 41-70 | 57 |
| INS | 136-165 | 139 |
| Superfatting | 5 % |
| Batch weight | 1450 g/51.3 oz |
| Oil weight | 940 g/33.2 oz |
| Fragrances | 30 g/1.1 oz |
| Fragrances | 3.2 % |
| Water (% oils) | 38 % |
| Water:Lye ratio | 2.826:1 |
| Lye concentration | 26.1 % |
| Sat:Unsat ratio | 45:55 |
| Fatty acid | % |
| Lauric | 0.0 |
| Linoleic | 6.4 |
| Linolenic | 0.0 |
| Myristic | 1.1 |
| Oleic | 48.9 |
| Palmitic | 29.8 |
| Ricinoleic | 0.0 |
| Stearic | 13.8 |
All calculations on this page were done using TheSoapCalculator.com.