Vegetable lipid-based composition and candle
AssigneeIndiana Soybean Board, Inc.
InventorsBernard Tao, Amy Hutchison
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Abstract
The present invention is a candle composition containing a vegetable lipid base component and a candle formed from the composition. The candle composition may contain up to 100 percent by weight of a vegetable lipid base component. The candle composition may further contain a plant derived crystal modifier.
Claims44
A candle composition, the composition comprising:
- greater than 90 percent by weight of a plant derived base component comprising 25 percent by weight stearic acid;
- 68.75 percent by weight plant oil;
- and 6.25 percent by weight of a plant derived crystal modifier.
A candle composition, the composition comprising:
- 60 to 99 percent by weight of a plant derived base component comprising a free fatty acid/triglyceride mixture;
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- 1 to 40 percent by weight of a plant derived crystal modifier.
A candle composition, comprising at least 70 percent by weight of plant derived triglycerides, the plant derived triglycerides including 0 to 100 percent saturated fatty acid components and 0 to 100 percent unsaturated fatty acid components, the unsaturated fatty acid components including 0 to 74 percent of monounsaturated fatty acids and 0 to 39 percent polyunsaturated fatty acids, the candle composition being solid at ambient temperatures up to 55 degrees Celsius.
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