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In this section we will tell you how the Soy Wax Market (not just soy wax!) unfortunately looks like in the world, and what differences we offer with our ORIGINAL WAX product.
1. How easy it is to manipulate data, i.e. the GMO content of NON-GMO products.
An issue worth clarifying and a place for easy manipulation of data is the issue of GMOs in products such as soy wax. Seeing the NON – GMO label on products would probably lead anyone to believe that the item in question is GMO-free. However, it is worth knowing that this depends on a creative interpretation of the regulations imposed by the European Union. According to these, products can be labelled NON – GMO if the GMO content is no more than 0.9%. This seems like a small amount, but Genetically Modified Organisms are actually contained in products, as it is not 0.00% as in the case of our soya wax.
And what this looks like for us in our ORIGINAL WAX ABI waxes:
From the beginning it was important to us to obtain a 100% organic and 100% NON – GMO product. Our internal standards do not allow us to use a grain with the wording NON-GMO in name only, because non-gmo to us is a raw material with a GMO content of 0.00% and we go to great lengths to ensure that every batch released for production is very thoroughly tested. It costs us a lot of effort to achieve this, but the lack of compromise has allowed us to achieve it and is one of the most important things that sets our product apart from industrial production.
2. Chemistry in production! Differences in the production of industrial oils used for vegetable waxesh
Let us now give you a brief overview of the production process of soybean oil(and more), used in the production of industrial soy waxes.
Soya / rapeseed / sunflower pressing in large-scale processes is done with a strong focus on profit maximisation, which unfortunately does not go hand in hand with consumer health and environmental concerns.
Soybean pressing is carried out by mechanically pressing and grinding the grain from which the oil is pressed. The waste from this process remains in the form of soybean meal.
At this point, the use of unhealthy CHEMICAL substances begins.
The next step is to soak the soya meal in hexane, which allows a few per cent increase in the extraction of the amount of oil that remains in the soya meal. This is a way of maximising profits due to the increased amount of oil extracted, unfortunately at quite a high cost.
Then let us turn our attention to what HEXANE is.
3.What is HEXANE?
C6 H14- Hexane – an organic chemical compound from the alkane group. Hexane isomers are highly unreactive and are often used as solvents in organic reactions as they are highly non-polar. They are also included in petrols, N-Hexane is isolated from natural gas and crude oil.
Possible effects of contact with hexane:
– conjunctival irritation
– eye iritation
– chromosome damage (polyploidy, aberrations)
– DNA damage
– induced neurotoxicity
– disturbances in dopamine levels
– serious skin diseases
– Once emitted into the environment, n-hexane exists mainly in the gas phase. In the atmosphere, its half-life is estimated to be around 2 days.
– n-hexane is quickly absorbed through the lungs and scatters all over the human body, in both adult and fetal forms. N-hexane is oxidized into multiple different chemical substances, including 2,5-hexanodione, which is considered a final neurotoxic substance.
The use of hexane in processes ranging from industrial production to the food industry has been practised since the 1940s. It was only in the 1970s and 1980s that problems with the amount of hexane in products consumed by humans began to be noticed and standards for the chemical began to be introduced. However, the technology and chemical processes have remained unchanged for years and still today often exceed the standards adopted many years ago. Even those standards that do exist are, after all, standards for a chemical product, and none of us wants to use and inhale chemicals.
This, unfortunately, is not the end of the story…
This is followed by the refining of industrial vegetable oils. Refining is a multi-purpose chemical process for extracting soybean/ rapeseed/sunflower oil.
However, refining has several negative effects including leaving a very large carbon footprint, and therefore contributing to the deterioration of the environment.
A lot of chemicals are used in this process, and it looks like this:
- Phosphoric acid is used to de-glucose . At this stage, phospholipids (including lecithins, which, among other things, contribute to the proper functioning of the nervous system), protein components, chlorophyll, calcium, magnesium, iron and copper are removed.
- soda lye is used for deacidification.
- Diatomaceous earth, alumina and activated carbon is used for Bleaching
- We use oil distillation to deodorise, i.e. lose the natural odour of the vegetable oil.
And what it looks like with our ORIGINAL WAX ABI waxes:
Thanks to our technology, we are able to guarantee you that the wax from our production is free of any chemicals, and that our products meet the highest environmental standards that can be achieved when pressing vegetable oils. We only use a mechanical soybean oil pressing process which gives us truly virgin oils.
Then, instead of the refining described early on, we are the ONLY ones to decant the soya oil like a real good Italian wine, instead of subjecting it to further chemical treatments as is the case with refining. And thanks to this, we have become a specialised company going towards the protection of the environment, the health of all of us and we can boast a certificate.
4. (In)organic soy wax - are you sure all soy wax is organic?
The theme of giving products characteristics that are not necessarily true is a very common marketing trick. In this way, it is easy to colour reality and encourage consumers to buy one’s own product. The questionable morality of this can be debated at length. One thing is for sure – such actions are carried out in order to increase one’s own benefits.
It is very popular to use the claim that soy wax is organic. The obvious aim is to encourage consumers to support ethical production, to use theoretically better quality products. The problem is the facts as we described in the previous sections. As if that were not enough, the consumer can only be sure that he or she is buying a 100% organic product if he or she buys from organic suppliers boasting the European Ecolabel, which no one has.
And what does it look like with our ORIGINAL WAX ABI waxes:
With our Original WAX ABI waxesthe consumer is assured that they are buying a 100% organic product..
Why?
Our soya comes from Polish farms or carefully selected and chosen farms within the European Union. Only by controlling and maintaining the full supply chain without intermediaries can we be sure that our product is completely organic, we can use the term with a clear conscience and as ONE the organic quality label.
5. ORIGINAL SOYWAX ABI - our way to ethical soy wax production
SUMMARY
Our brand is all about transparency and striving for an ethical approach to soy wax production. As a team of young and focused individuals, we know the challenges our society faces today.We know how important it is to make an informed choice and what health and environmental consequences it entails. That is why, from the very beginning of our business, we have focused on transparency. We also build trust by labelling our wax appropriately and ensuring that we are certified. If we say something is 100% - it means we have made an effort to make it so. We do not manipulate data, and if we have a certificate - we have certainly earned it.Our soy waxes from the Original WAX ABI 157 and Original WAX ABI 268 series have a:
- Polish Production Quality Mark – a mark informing that the product you are purchasing has been produced in Poland by a Polish company.
- NO GMO Quality Seal – Certyfikat potwierdzający używanie ziaren genetycznie niemodyfikowanych
- NON - Hexane quality mark - a mark confirming that no chemicals are used in the production process, especially hexane. It is also confirmation that we do not use GMO products, which in our case means that we do not use even the smallest percentage of GMOs.
Above and beyond this, the soybean oil from which we produce our soy wax has:
Eco-Leaf quality mark - as the only soy wax company in the world, we can boast that our soy waxes are made from soy oil with this very mark, which demonstrates the eco-friendliness of our waxes. Here you can learn about the company producing this organic soybean oil
---> https://www.aptrans.pl/enWe were the first in the world to make every effort and use possible means to produce soy wax using only fully organic processing methods.