Concrete animal fats and ordinary waxes had been the very initial candle source of energy. Animal tallow, bayberry wax and beeswax were along with the premature raw materials for candles that filled the obligation of being hard at room temperatures.With the discovery of petroleum and the refining processes that followed, candle makers soon shifted their production to the more plentiful, less expensive, and more consistent petroleum wax, which became their raw material of choice.
Nowadays, with petroleum wax costs rising and talk of reducing oil sources, candle makers appear prepared afresh to return to natural fats and waxes as a source of hard source of energy for candle making. We continue to see a trend in our industry to manufacture candles using renewable, biodegradable, all-natural products. Soy and palm based waxes along with beeswax are just a few of the ever increasing natural wax products used in making "all-natural" candles.