Beginner's Guide to Common Soap Making Oils | BrambleBerry
A: A saponfication (SAP) value is the amount of lye needed to completely saponify 1 gram of an oil or butter (see the Beginner's Guide to Soap Making: Cold Process for an explanation of saponification). For example, the SAP value of canola oil is .132, which means it takes .132 grams of lye to turn 1 gram of canola oil into soap.