Why choose Soy? The answers are simple... *Soy wax candles emit little soot, and no petro-carbon soot. *They burn up to 30% to 50% longer than paraffin candles. *Pricing of soy wax candles is comparable to paraffin candles. *Soy wax candles burn cleaner than 100% beeswax candles. *Soybeans are a renewable resource. *Soy wax is water soluble, and cleans up easily with soap and water. *Our wax meets Vegan criteria. *Soy wax opens up a new market for the farming community.      Paraffin wax is a by-product created by the refining of petroleum for gasoline. As paraffin burns, it emits toxins into the air, known as petro-carbon soot. These emissions have been found to be as harmful to humans as second-hand cigarette smoke.  Due to the fact that the odors of Aromatherapy products are meant to be inhaled in close quarters, paraffin candles pose the risk of contaminating and corrupting any health benefits they might offer even if they are scented with the best essential oils.       Soy wax offers a clean-burning alternative to paraffin. It is an entirely vegetable based wax that is environmentally sound and healthy for your home.  There are a host of reasons to choose soy, and now you know!  The best reason, however, is that soy is the best value and the best product for YOU!      In addition to being a fantastic way to make our candles, the soybean has many other uses and great traits.  Check out information from www.unitedsoybean.org and read the general statistics in the following paragraphs.  More information is also available at www.soybean.org      The soybean (Glycine max) is often called the miracle crop. It is the world's foremost provider of protein and oil. The bushy, green soybean plant is a legume related to clover, peas and alfalfa. Farmers plant soybeans in the late spring. During the summer, soybeans flower and produce 60-80 pods, each holding three pea-sized beans. In the early fall, farmers harvest their crop for these beans which are high in protein and oil. A 60-pound bushel of soybeans yields about 48 pounds of protein-rich meal and 11 pounds of oil. More soybeans are grown in the United States than anywhere else in the world. In 1998, U.S. soybean farmers harvested a record 2.757 billion bushels (75.04 million metric tons) of soybeans. More than half the total value of the U.S. soybean crop is exported as whole soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil. As early as 5,000 years ago, farmers in China grew soybeans. Today, farmers in over 30 states grow soybeans, making soybeans the United States' second largest crop in cash sales and the number 1 value crop export. ASA now promotes soybeans and products in more than 100 countries with funding from the soybean checkoff and USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.   Back to Soy Candles Main Page