question about the vp used in ecig juice

[skoony]

hi all,

i recently had a discussion with a co-worker about her attempt

to switch to ecigs.

apparently she tried one of the cigalikes for about 4 weeks

but,gave it up because they were giving her headaches.

having had read posts indicating possible alergic reations to

dg i researched and found the brand she chose used vp.

i know shes alergic to potato's so i researched how vp

was made.

mostly from vegatable oil.this is made mostly from soy bean seeds.

they use other vegatable seed but no potatoe.

good thing i scrolled down the google results page.

this is what i found.

a lot of vegatable oil is recycled.its used for many things.

the main source of recycled v-oil comes from potato proccessing plants

then restuarants.

recycled from the're friers.

there you go i found the potato in the vegatable oil.

i know an alergy to potato's is not common but,what about

those folks alergic to fish?

restuarants fry a lot of fish.

this brings me to my point.

is the vp in ecig juice made using fresh vegatable oil

or recycled oil.i would assume both depending on cost

and availability.

it is a known problem that recycled oil could be a problem

with people that have certain food allergies.

i hope the vendors and manufacturers are aware of this.

heads up to you diy'ers.

regards

mike

[wizard46304]

I would hope that I'm not vaping old French fry grease.

[subnuclear]

I would hope that I'm not vaping old French fry grease.

ROFL now i'm looking for french fry taste in my vape!

oh how fun it can be.

[Jeffb]

propylene glycol (PG) & vegetable glycerin (VG) is used in eliquid not vegetable oil.

[mcquinn]

Kind of doubt US pharmaceutical grade products are made from recycled oil.

[Aquatroy]

Lmfao...don't know where you get that kinda info, it's so.....nuts!! I'll be banned so bye!

[spydre]

Yeah, I would seriously doubt ANY maker of FDA approved Vegetable Glycerine - which it is, because of the products it is in - would even CONSIDER using used vegetable oil in their recipe. I don't think it would have gotten approval that way.

[skoony]

but still my research indacates vg is promaraly made of vegatable oil.

i am finding it hard to find were manufactuers and vendors show there certification

that they are not using recycled oil.

thats my point.

regards

mike

[Jeffb]

Vg is not made of but made from vegetable oil.

Vegetable glycerin can also be made directly from vegetable oil — often coconut or palm oil — by heating it to a high temperature under pressure with water. The glycerin backbone splits off from the fatty acids, and is absorbed by the water, from which it is then isolated and distilled to obtain the pure product. Food-grade vegetable glycerin is 99.7% pure, with the remaining 0.3% being water.

To simplify this for you, suppliers would have to have a distillery set up in order to develop VG from vegetable oil whether its used or bought at the grocery store. Seems much more plausable that they just use your standard USP grade VG.

Edited September 9, 2013 by jeffb

[IMEDICx90]

although it might be cheaper for a bigger business to make their own VG.... but i doubt boutique and little shops like myself would ever invest that kind of money into a system when it would be far cheaper to buy large vats of VG/PG

[Jeffb]

I see this question was asked on at least 2 other forums. Seems everyone is giving you the same answer.