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  • Candle Making
    • NatureWax Vegetable Waxes - North America
    • How to Pour the Perfect Candle with NatureWax®

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NatureWax® Vegetable Waxes - North America

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Contact us or your local distributor if you have questions about NatureWax candle wax

NatureWax® - North American Product Portfolio

Recommended Use

NatureWax®

Candle Waxes

 

Botanical Origin
 

 

 Wax Properties

Tarts/Melts Containers
& Scented

Tea lights (poured

& pressed)
Free-
standing
DP IV Col Y Col R
• • •   C-1 Soy/Palm 52 52 15 1.5
• • •   C-3 Soy 52 52 20 2
• • •   C-6 Soy/Coconut 52 52 20 2
• • •   Elite 200 Soy/Palm 54 42 ND ND
•       Elite 460 Soy/Palm 54 ND ND ND
    • • Elite 300 Palm 57 5 ND ND
• • •   S-113* Soy 45 ND 15 1.5
• • •   Elite 400* Soy 48 ND 15 1.5
• • •   S-130* Soy 54 ND 15 1.5
• • •   ST-130* Soy 54 ND 15 1.5
• • •   P-110* Palm 33 ND 35 3.5
• • •   P-130* Palm 54 ND 35 3.5
• • •   Coconut Oil* Coconut 22 ND 20 2.0
• • •   Coconut 1 Coconut 33 ND 20 2.0
• • •   Coconut 2 Coconut/Soy 43 ND 15 1.5

* documents available upon request


Key

DP:  Typical drop point in °C
IV:  Typical iodine value in gI/100g
COL Y:  Maximum color, yellow values in Lovibond 5 ¼ “ cell
COL R:  Maximum color, red values in Lovibond 5 ¼ “ cell
ND:  Not determined / not specified
 

 

NatureWax vegetable wax applications

  • Church lights
  • Pressed free-standing  
  • Container & Scented
  • Tea lights
  • Other

Church lights: Also Church Lights known as 'Grave lights,' our NatureWax vegetable waxes are well suited to the production process, and to the long burn-time requirements of this candle type. The waxes can be blended with soft paraffin grades; for a fully vegetable-based candle, the 635-41 grade is recommended.

Pressed candles
Pressed free-standing: Higher-melting waxes with rapid crystallization are suitable for candles made from the pressing of powdered waxes, usually in a blend with refined paraffin in order to achieve the correct properties. Depending on the details of the process used, typically 20-50% vegetable wax can be incorporated into the wax blend.

 

 

Scented candles Container & Scented: A wide range of NatureWax vegetable waxes can be used in container candles, depending on the requirements of the formulator; typical blend ratios are 70-80% vegetable wax and 20-30% mid-melting paraffin wax, and selected grades are suitable for the forumation of pure vegetable candles. For scented candles, NatureWax 615 and Elite 600 are especially recommended; low odor, light color, excellent shelf-life stability and good frangrance compatibility are key benefits. For general use, NatureWax Elite 500, availabe based on segregated RSPO-certified palm, is highly appreciated for its technical performance: smooth crystallization and surface features, no shrinkage, light color, and good compatibility with other wax types.

 

Sustainable sourced candle wax.
Tea lights: Mid-melting NatureWax vegetable waxes are suitable for tea light candles, often blended with refined paraffin wax to the customers' own recipe. For pressing processes NatureWax 635-50 is particularly recommended, and for pouring processes all grades are suitable. NatureWax C-7 has been developed for white tea lights, having a very light color.

 

In addition to the applications mentioned here, know that vegetable waxes are used increasingly in other industrial and consumer applications. Cargill has a range of waxes suitable for the varied demands of these markets. Interested to learn more? Please see Agri-Pure Industrial Vegetable Waxes for further information on our products and applications.

Getting consistently great results from your vegetable wax

There are many advantages to using vegetable wax in the place of paraffin. If you’re new to vegetable waxes, they generally require some modification to candle production processes originally designed for paraffin waxes, but don’t worry, we have compiled a few tips, tricks, and a little science to help get consistent results and the most out of NatureWax candle wax.

How to Pour the Perfect Candle with NatureWax®

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Where to buy your wax

If you need recommendations on which wax to use, availability in your part of the world or need help a little help pouring the perfect candle, our global network of NatureWax distributors is here to help. You’ll be able to find a distributor who can help here.

 

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Technical support

Cargill’s NatureWax® Technical Support Team has expertise in a variety of waxes (vegetable, paraffin, microcrystalline) and can provide additional services to support your growing requirements:

Formulation development and trial run support

Custom blends

Analytical testing

Operational optimization

Performance testing & troubleshooting

Process Manufacturing support through

  • Cooling studies
  • Cooling curve analyses
  • Lab to pilot to production scale-up

 

Availability

NatureWax is sold in North America through these select distributors. For a complete list of worldwide distributors click here.

Bioleic
777 108th Ave NE
Suite 1750
Bellevue, WA 98004
888-882-2083
[email protected]
website

For a list of additional resellers through Bioleic, please use this website.

The products and services described on this website may not be available in all jurisdictions or to all persons.

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