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Recommended: optimal function within this range; outside it Formulations shows a quiet note. Safe limit: safe to use up to this amount; above it, a firm warning. Effective (preservatives, in place of Recommended): needed to preserve; outside it either way, a firm warning. New formula lines start blank.
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For oils and butters used in cold or hot process soap.
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Quick add — starter ingredients
Search or choose a type, tick what you want, then "Add selected." Ticks are kept while you search. Ones already in your library are marked. Oils take their SAP values from the SoapCalc reference.
Fill in lowdowns
Drafted lines for your ingredients that have no lowdown yet, matched by name to the starter list. Untick any you don't want. Each one arrives marked draft until you tick it or edit it.
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Quick add starter ingredients
Browse about 260 common ingredients by type, or search, and add any to your library with their details filled in. Oils arrive with SoapCalc SAP values.
Fill in lowdowns
Offers a drafted lowdown for each of your ingredients that has none, from the starter list. Shows every line first. Drafts are marked until you keep or edit them; lowdowns you have written are never touched.
Fill in effective pH ranges
Offers the starter list's effective pH range, from manufacturer data, for each of your ingredients that has none (mostly preservatives). Formulations uses them to warn when a target or a batch falls outside. Ranges you have entered are never touched.
Maintenance utilities
Check SAP values against reference
Compares the SAP values in your library against the SoapCalc reference and shows every difference before changing anything. Applying it overwrites your values with the reference.
Compare ingredients
Check INCI names
SAP values vs reference
Supplier lots
One card per purchase. Changes save when you close this panel.