Gayla Murphy Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I live in KY and want to purchase wax made from KY soybeans. Then to narrow it down, i want to purchase it close to Lexington. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 That's pretty specific. Not sure there is anything that will meet your specifications. I think your best option would be to do a google search. You may not be able to find something that specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I am not sure how thorough the traceability is on soy beans through the processing into wax. Generally, large manufacturers pool all of the crops into one big pile and work from there. Semis and train cars dump all contents into a giant lot to make raw material cheap enough to manufacture. Not even sure if the actual hexane extraction of the oil and hydrogenation are always performed in the US. Soy beans need to be chemically treated with hexane to create the initial oil. You can't just squeeze a soy bean and get oil like you can with olives. Then the oil is cleaned and partially (or fully) hydrogenated to turn it into a waxy substance. Local wax production from local crops would be very expensive given the small relative size of the operation. I'd pick up a phone book and go from there. Anyone claiming to use only local beans, I would demand traceability certification from... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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