Facts You Should Know

Soy candles are soot free

Candles made from soy wax do not emit the soot and fumes that are attributed to paraffin candles. Paraffin is a petroleum byproduct of oil refining. The soot from these materials can contain carcinogens, neurotoxins, and reproductive toxins. Testing and air chamber analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found the following compounds, in significant quantity, in a random group of over 30 candles tested: acetone; benzene; trichlorofluoro-methane; carbon disulfide; butanone; trichloroethane; carbon tetrachloride carbon black (soot) particulate matter; trichloroethene; tetrachloro-ethene; tolulene; chloro-benzene; ethylbenzene; styrene; xylene; phenol; cresol; cyclopentene; and lead. Obviously you’d have to be a chemist to truly know what most of these chemicals are, but according to the EPA, they pose a health hazard with continued exposure over time.

Candles made from soy wax do not emit the soot and fumes that are attributed to run-of-the-mill paraffin candles.  You’ve done it a hundred times. You buy a paraffin candle that smells nice, it’s colorful, the presentation is perfect…then you light it. Within minutes, you can see the black residue rising from the lit wick, staining the jar or container from which these candles burn … and that’s just from the first time you light it. Continued use of these paraffin candles will not only further blacken the jar or container it sits in - it can blacken your walls, ceilings, vents, AC units, heaters, curtains or blinds, and even carpets. Now, imagine that same soot being inhaled into your lungs.

Soy candles help our environment

Soybeans are a renewable, biodegradable, and water-soluble resource. Candle wax is just one example of hundreds of uses of this versatile legume. Even today, new uses of soy are being researched because of the abundance and growing potential of this bean.

If soy replaced just 10% of common paraffin wax, an estimated 60 million pounds of soybeans would be needed for annual candle production. It also reduces our dependency on foreign oil.

Soy candles help the U.S. economy & farmers. The production and burning of soy wax candles can greatly benefit the American agricultural economy.