AbstractSince none of the existing methods for determining soaps in fat products have been found to be entirely satisfactory, a method has been devised for the determination of alkali metal soaps by direct titration with Durbetaki reagent (hydrogen bromide dissolved in glacial acetic acid). When the titration was conducted at room temperature in acetic acid‐benzene solution with crystal violet as indicator, soaps of potassium, sodium and lithium could be determined accurately in anhydrous oils, monoglycerides, and sucrose esters. The presence of alcohols, glycerol and sucrose did not interfere in the direct titration. However, oxidized oils, epoxides, and cyclopropenoid acids, which are known to consume hydrogen bromide, did interfere. Products containing the interfering substances could be analyzed by a modified procedure in which the alkali metal cations were extracted from a mixture of amyl acetate andn‐butanol (1:3) into an aqueous solution of acetic acid, and titrated as the acetates.