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THE JOY OF SOY
IN 1996, SOY WAX WAS INVENTED BY A GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY. THE STUDENTS HAD TO DEVELOP A BIRTHDAY CANDLE USING A RENEWABLE SOURCE. THEY CHOSE SOYBEAN OIL. THE STUDENTS FIGURED OUT HOW TO SOLIDIFY SOYBEAN OIL AND WON FIRST PLACE IN A COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THE INDIANA SOYBEAN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY.
SOY WAX'S COUNTERPART, PARAFFIN, IS PRODUCED BY PETROLEUM OIL,
A REFINED GASOLINE PRODUCT.
SOY HAS NO SOOT WHILE BURNING; SO NO BLACKENED WALLS.
SOY WAX IS NON TOXIC, BIO-DEGRADEABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND RENEWABLE, THUS BEING VERY ECO FRIENDLY.
SOY PROVIDES AN EVEN BURN, WHILE PROVIDING A LONGER BURN TIME THAN PARAFFIN WAX.
EASY SOAP AND WATER CLEAN UP.
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