Proper choice for this shortening

[Todd Ziegler]

I went online to find the ingredients and it said tallow, lard and soybean. I don't know what choice to use for the soap calculator?

 

[Jersey Girl]

I went online to find the ingredients and it said tallow, lard and soybean. I don't know what choice to use for the soap calculator?

It’s probably the same as Walmart’s Great Value Shortening which has those same ingredients. There is a setting on SMF calculator for that one. It gives a SAP value of 0.141 for it.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

It’s probably the same as Walmart’s Great Value Shortening which has those same ingredients. There is a setting on SMF calculator for that one. It gives a SAP value of 0.141 for it.

That is what we were thinking. All I can do is try it.

 

[earlene]

They both have the same Saturate fat content, so that's what I'd use too, the GV tallow containing shortening setting.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

They both have the same Saturate fat content, so that's what I'd use too, the GV tallow containing shortening setting.

That is what I went with and I am going to pour it in about 30 minutes and we will see what happens tomorrow.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I poured it a little while ago and so far so good.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

It turned out just fine. Very slow to trace. It had a peculiar foaming to it. I never experienced it with just lard. Being that it is a little cheaper, I may use it by itself on a couple of batches.