Home Inn Candle Company Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for their Natural Soy Candles
Choosing a candle isn’t just about scent. It’s about what you’re bringing into your space every day.
Earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label certifies that our candles are designed to offer a cleaner, more intentional way to fragrance your home.
This means:
- Ingredients derived from renewable, plant-based sources
- A more thoughtful approach to everyday home fragrance
- A candle you can feel comfortable lighting in your space
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Cynthia Gavin
Home Inn Candle Company
Home Inn Candle Company Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
March 19, 2026 — Home Inn Candle Company announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product Label for Home Inn Candle Co Natural Soy Candle.
Home Inn Candle Co Natural Soy Candles are thoughtfully crafted using renewable, plant-based ingredients to create a cleaner, more intentional home fragrance experience. Designed for real living spaces, each candle offers a balanced scent throw and a smooth, even burn that complements the rhythm of everyday life. This certification reflects the brand’s continued commitment to quality materials and a more considered approach to home fragrance.
The Home Inn Candle Co Natural Soy Candle can now display a unique USDA label that highlights its percentage of biobased content. Third-party verification for a product's biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred® Program, which strives to increase the development, purchase, and use of biobased products.
Biobased products empower communities in rural America, create and expand markets, and represent incredible technological advances and innovations.
The USDA Certified Biobased Product Label displays a product's biobased content, which is the portion of a product that comes from a renewable source, such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry feedstocks. Utilizing renewable biobased materials displaces the need for non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals. Biobased products are cost-comparative, readily available, and perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts.
“From the beginning, I set out to create more than just candles,” said Cynthia Gavin, Founder of Home Inn Candle Company. “I wanted to create products that truly belong in the home. Earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label is a meaningful step in that journey, and it gives our customers added confidence in both the quality and integrity of what they’re bringing into their space when they purchase our natural soy candles.”
"We applaud Home Inn Candle Company for earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label," said Vernell Thompson, USDA BioPreferred Program. "The label is intended to help spur economic development, create new jobs, and provide new markets for farm commodities. But the label also makes it easier for consumers and federal buyers to locate biobased products and consider planet-friendlier options during purchase decisions. By having their products become USDA Certified Biobased, Home Inn Candle Company joins an expanding list of businesses combatting inaccurate marketing claims and the practice of greenwashing, while also contributing to a thriving bioeconomy that decreases our reliance on petroleum."
In the latest Economic Impact Report released by USDA, the biobased products industry supported 4.6 million American jobs; contributed $470 billion to the U.S. economy and generated 2.79 jobs in other sectors of the economy for every biobased job. Biobased products also have a substantial environmental impact, displacing about 9.4 million barrels of oil a year, with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by an estimated 12.7 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents per year.
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About Home Inn Candle Company:
Home Inn Candle Company is a clean home fragrance brand focused on creating elevated, cozy experiences through scent. Each product is thoughtfully crafted to help transform everyday spaces into places of comfort, calm, and intentional living. Known for its refined scent profiles and home-centered approach, the brand encourages customers to “find the scent that feels like home.”
All candles are made using natural soy wax and carefully selected fragrance oils, designed for a clean, consistent burn that fits seamlessly into modern living spaces. Home Inn Candle Company is committed to quality, simplicity, and creating products that enhance the feeling of home.
About the USDA BioPreferred Program
With the goal of increasing the development, purchase, and use of biobased products, USDA's BioPreferred® Program was first introduced in the 2002 Farm Bill and reauthorized in 2018. It requires federal agencies and contractors to give purchasing preference to biobased products. The USDA BioPreferred Program also includes a voluntary certification and labeling initiative for biobased products. This is referred to as the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
More than 1,800 companies across the U.S. and in 47 countries participate in the Program. From farm and field all the way through the manufacturing process, the expanding market for biobased products creates jobs, supports rural economic growth in America, and has a positive impact on our planet. Have questions? Please contact: Vernell Thompson, USDA BioPreferred Program at Vernell.Thompson@usda.gov.
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