5. How is Vegetable Glycerin Made?
Vegetable glycerin is created using an extraction process known as hydrolysis. During the hydrolysis process, the oils are placed under a force of pressure, water, and temperature. This causes the ester bond to break. This bond breaking will cause the glycerin to split from the fatty acids and then be absorbed by water. During this time the resultant is then isolated by distillation in order to increase the purity.
Vegetable glycerin that is purified will have a texture that is similar to an oil or more like a syrup. This is from the organic molecular makeup. The specific molecular makeup includes three hydroxyl groups. The process is completely pure when it is done correctly.
It is important to make sure that you are purchasing organic, pure vegetable glycerin in order to get the most effects. It is also important to look at all of the ingredients in any product that you are ingesting or putting on your skin.