Are candles vegan? vegetarian?

Question

I know you don't eat them. I just mean in terms of what they are made of, do they contain animals or animal byproducts?

Answer 1

i know some may contain beeswax, but it might just depend on the company manufacturing the candle.

Answer 2

Vegan Candles

Answer 3

Some candles contain stearic acid which is a product of animal part rendering. Those candles would be non-vegan. Vegetarian is only a term referring to diet so as long as you don't eat the candles, a vegetarian can use any one they wish.

Here's the link supporting the stearic acid info. Scroll to the bottom under "Disheartening Specifics":

http://www.api4animals.org/articles?p=378&more=1

You can also see what other products are non-vegan.

Answer 4

Spiders I'm happy to share my home with since they kill flies which are not just a nuisance but a health hazard. There's a saying - if you followed a fly for an hour, you wouldn't eat for a week. Flies carry disease; the fly that lands briefly on the food your child is about to eat has probably just been feasting on dog sh*t or a dead mouse outside. It'll have regurgitated that onto the food, and stamped it in. Swat it before it gets the chance - you could spend all day trying to persuade a fly outside. Rats, mice, and roaches - they are a nuisance and a huge health hazard and there is no point in being sentimental about them. Scrupulous cleanliness will discourage them, but doesn't guarantee you won't get an infestation. Being a vegan means you do what you can and all you can to minimise your contribution to animal suffering and exploitation; it doesn't mean you sacrifice your own health or safety - allowing animals to endanger your health and safety and that of your family, particularly your children, is not vegan it is irresponsible and stupid Roaches carry and spread diseases like dysentery, typhoid, poliomyelitis and gastroenteritis. They can't be persuaded to leave; the exterminator is your only option. Rodents are a huge health hazard and a danger when in your home. A danger because they need to gnaw constantly and will present a very real fire risk by gnawing on electric cables. A health risk because they spread disease - they are there for your food and will contaminate that; mice urinate and defecate constantly and that will be spread around wherever they go 'Humane' traps that catch them singly and put them outside aren't really a practical option - or indeed a humane one. If released near your home mice will find their way back in. If you release them in woods or parkland a long distance from your home, far away from their familiar home range, into an environment with which they not familiar and where they no knowledge of sources of food or water, they will starve - if they're not caught by predators first. Unfortunately mice don't come into the house singly - they move in en masse and breed very quickly - so you'd never remove them all with a 'humane' trap. Each female mouse can have 5 - 10 litters per year of up to 13 young each time; each of the new born mice will be able to breed at about 7 weeks. Do the maths and see how quickly the population will increase – you’ll never catch them all. A better option is to try and prevent pests coming in. You can get a plug-in device that emits a noise inaudible to humans but intolerable to rodents and to other pests like cockroaches; make sure your kitchen is squeaky clean, with no food scraps or crumbs to tempt them in; and try to block up any holes or gaps where rodents might get in - bearing in mind that if you can get a ball point pen into a hole, a mouse can get through it. They tend to stay away if you have a cat, too. If having tried all the above you still get an infestation you have a responsibility to deal with it properly. Your health and safety and that of your family comes first. I'm vegan and I would call in the exterminators if precautions failed - just as I would defend myself against any creature - animal or human - that was threatening my health, safety or life

Answer 5

Well, vegan is a lifestyle and not just a diet, so if you're vegan, you want to avoid candles made with beeswax.

However, soy wax candles are fairly easy to find, burn really cleanly, and come in a variety of scents.

Answer 6

I have soy candles here. Someone makes them..so they are animal free. The soy candles you buy in the stores though are supposed to be the same thing...no animal products. I wouldn't put any money on a regular candle being animal free though. Soy candles are your best bet.

MAN they burn so much stronger too. It's wonderful. You can actually smell the scent of a soy candle throughout your house like you are supposed to. They cost the same too(in the stores)....well at least here they do...everywhere tends to differ a little bit. They should be the same or only a dollar or too more than the regular ones.

Answer 7

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Great question! This is a big deal with many vegans around this time of year because while most of us adore animals and want to do no harm, we also don't really want to live with bugs inside our homes. If you simply can't co-habitate any longer, here actually are a few great, easy options for cruelty free pest control. In some cases they will help deter insects and some other options help to humanely remove "pests" from inside your home/business. I know your main concern is ants right now, but I'll include a few other cruelty free pest control options. 1. Depending on your tolerance for the smell, garlic is a great way to control ants from coming into your building. You can rub a clove of garlic along the perimeter of either the cabinets, the door stop, the windows, or any other point of entry. Hot peppers also do the same trick. Just make sure not to touch your eyes afterwards! 2. Plant spearmint, peppermint and/or pennyroyal plants right outside your building in order to deter ants from coming inside. You could also try the essential oils of these herbs inside along the areas of entry to deter the insects. (Flies are also turned off by mint and basil). 3. For other flying insects like mosquitos, citronella oil is an amazing deterrent. You can use candles from the store, or you can make your own bug repellant from equal parts citronella, lavender, and clove oil. Those are often sold very cheaply on the internet and you can make a huge batch that will last quite a long time. 4. Moths are also deterred by garlic. You can hang some by your doors to discourage entering the building. 5. If you are bothered by furry creatures inside your house and cannot begin to think about killing one of them, consider a humane mousetrap. These are endorsed by humane societies and animal rights organizations and basically work like a tiny house that a mouse would be able to enter but not leave. Then you can take the critter outside and free him away from the house. Of course, I highly recommend checking it often so you don't freak the mouse out or leave him in there without food for too long. 6. If you have cockroaches, bay leaves work really well to keep them away. You can put them in all your cabinets and near any food source and they will stay away. I hope this helps! :) good luck!

Answer 8

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Are candles vegan? vegetarian?
I know you don't eat them. I just mean in terms of what they are made of, do they contain animals or animal byproducts?

Answer 9

Some candles have animal fat in them, others are made with natual beeswax - neither of those are vegan. You can find candles made of 100% synthetic man-made materials, they typically cost more though.

Answer 10

if you concider petrolium products meat ? or Soy wax for that matter ! the only thing is Bees wax its a glandular by product of Bees.you might concider that an animal by product?