We supply jojoba in five forms: organic golden-yellow, conventional golden-yellow, colourless, wax and butter. On this page, we explain how they differ and when our customers choose each form.
Short answer: golden-yellow jojoba retains the raw material's natural colour and light scent. Colourless jojoba is decolourised and deodorised after pressing and is therefore neutral. Jojoba wax and jojoba butter are solid forms made from jojoba oil and hydrogenated vegetable oil. Which form is suitable depends on what you are making and how much the jojoba itself should contribute to the colour, scent and texture of your final product.
Most vegetable oils consist of fats. Jojoba consists almost entirely of wax esters, long molecules that are chemically more similar to a wax. In the trade, it is called jojoba oil, and that is what we call it too.
This has two implications when working with jojoba.
Jojoba becomes rancid less quickly. Wax esters react with oxygen much more slowly than the fats in most oils. This makes jojoba one of the more stable raw materials in our range. The shelf life of your batch is stated in the product specification. How you store the oil also affects jojoba.
Jojoba becomes cloudy or solid in the cold. Jojoba solidifies at low temperatures, often at around 10 °C. We regularly receive questions about this in autumn and winter. At room temperature, the oil naturally becomes clear again. Its quality is not affected.
Our golden-yellow jojoba is cold-pressed and not processed further. The oil retains its natural colour and a light characteristic scent. As it is a natural product, a new batch may vary slightly in colour from the previous one. Harvest, origin and season all play a part.
Our colourless jojoba is also cold-pressed and then decolourised and deodorised using physical methods. Nothing is added. The result is a clear, virtually odourless oil that is nearly identical from batch to batch.
We are often asked whether colorless jojoba is less pure. It is not. Both consist of one ingredient; the difference lies in the processing. You can read more about this in our blog about cold-pressed and refined oil.
Jojoba wax and jojoba butter are often confused. Both are solid, and both are made from jojoba oil with hydrogenated vegetable oil. The ratio determines whether the result is a hard wax or a soft butter.
That is why the INCI name of both products is Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil. You use this name on your label and in your product dossier.
| Characteristic | Golden yellow | Colorless | Wax | Butter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form | Liquid | Liquid | Hard beads | Soft and spreadable |
| Color and scent | Golden yellow, with a slight natural scent | Clear, virtually odorless | Off-white | Ivory to light yellow |
| Variation between batches | Can be visible | Virtually the same | Small | |
| Organic | Yes, also available conventionally | Yes | No | No |
| Packaging | 500 ml to 180 kg drum | 500 ml to 190 kg drum | 1 kg to 17 kg big bag | 25 kg |
Which form works best varies by product. This is what we see with our customers:
We supply golden yellow jojoba organically and conventionally. Both are cold-pressed and consist of a single ingredient. The difference lies in cultivation and certification.
If you tell your own customers that you work with organic raw materials, you need the organic variant. It falls under our SKAL certification. If organic production is not relevant to your story, conventional is more affordable.
In your customer account, you will find the product data sheet (PDS), safety data sheet (SDS) and certificate of analysis (COA) for your batch for each jojoba product. You need these for your product dossier, and you can use them later to check which batch you worked with.
If you order the quantity for an entire production run at once, you work with the same batch from start to finish. With golden yellow jojoba, this prevents colour differences between your products.
You can sell jojoba under your own name with our organic jojoba ready to label in 100 ml bottles. Just add your own label. Would you like your own packaging or a larger run? Then take a look at our options for private label.
Golden yellow if jojoba's own colour and light fragrance may be part of your product.
Colourless if you're looking for a neutral base for your own colour and fragrance, and every batch needs to be identical.
Wax for firmness, butter for a soft, rich texture.
You can order jojoba from us together with your other butters, waxes, carrier oils and essential oils. For larger volumes or regular orders, we'd be happy to prepare a quotation.
Not sure which form is right for your product? Send us a message about what you make, and we'll help you think it through.
