| abstract |
The invention provides a candle body composition, and a candle made therefrom, wherein the candle body composition comprises at least about 51 percent of a vegetable fat having an iodine value of about 0 to about 80, preferably about 40 to about 80. The vegetable fat may comprises a partially or fully hydrogenated vegetable oil, such as soybean oil, palm oil, cottonseed oil, rapeseed oil and mixtures thereof. The candle body composition may further comprise up to about 49 weight percent of one or more crystal modifiers, such as fully hydrogenate vegetable oils having an iodine value of about 1 to about 20, fatty acids, esters of fatty acids, and mixtures thereof. The invention includes a method of forming candles using the above-described candle body composition. |