canola oil vs canola shortening

by SL
(BC)

Can canola oil be substituted for the canola shortening? How different will the soap look?

Answer:
Assuming that the shortening contains nothing else other than canola oil, I would imagine that the SAP value would be the same as liquid canola oil.

Unfortunately though, I don't actually know for certain since I'm unfamiliar with the chemical processes that make oils into shortening.

As for if the soap would look the same or not....again, I'm just guessing but I would think it would be the same.

Sorry I can't be more helpful,
Cathy

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Re: canola oil vs canola shortening
by: Debbie P

I found the following information from, colebrothers.com/soap/oils.html

"Vegetable shortening is normally made out of soybean oil. It is cheap and readily available and produces a mild, stable lather. Use it in combination with other exotic or moisturizing oils. Use this as half of your fats to keep costs down. It is a good filler and makes a very hard white bar when used alone and when mixed with other oils it makes a wonderful hard bar of soap. Use vegetable shortening as a base oil or combine it with other, harder oils for better results. Recommend use as base up to 50% of total oils. "

I have used vegetable shortening in some of my soaps that call for, soybean oil. I do check the SAP value first.

Cathy has quite a few resources to check the SAP value. Look on the left and click on Lye Calculators (its under Reference)

I hope this helps. Let us know how your soap turns out!! : )

~Debbie in WV

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canola shortening
by: sl

I made one with canola shortening and really liked how the bar turned out but hated the smell. I dont know if the stuff was off or not. i had olive, coconut and canola shortening in it.

I tried it with canola oil and it wasn't as white or dense but I dont know if I did something wrong. I had scaled the recipe down and converted it from imperial to metric.

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