I Have a Corporate Order for 1,000 × 200 g Candles — How Much Wax, Fragrance Oil and How Many Wicks Should I Order if Production Rejects Are Expected?
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How much wax and fragrance? At 8%, 184 g of wax and 16 g of oil per 200 g candle. For 1,051 with 3% loss: 199,185.52 g of wax and 17,320.48 g of fragrance.
How many wicks? One per poured candle, rejects included, plus about 5% for wicks spoiled while setting: 1,104. One 1,000-pack plus 1 × 100-pack + 1 × 10-pack = 1,110 Eco Thin C1 wicks for ₹6,549.00.
What do the rejects cost? About 42 candles at ₹273.91 of material each, roughly ₹11,504.14. Remelting can recover some wax and oil, not the wicks, and only sometimes the jars. See the cost of rejects.
Divide by the pass rate, do not multiply
If you pour P candles and 4% fail, you keep 0.96 × P. To keep 1,005, P must be 1,005 ÷ 0.96 = 1046.88, so 1,047. Multiplying 1,005 by 1.04 gives 1045.2, rounded up to 1,046, and 4% of 1,046 failing leaves you with 1004 good candles, one short of what you need. At 4% the gap is one candle. At higher reject rates, typical of a new jar, a new wax or a new team, it grows quickly.
| Reject rate | Pour if you multiply | Good candles you get | Short by | Pour if you divide | Good candles you get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2% | 1,026 | 1,005 | 0 | 1,026 | 1,005 |
| 4% | 1,046 | 1,004 | 1 | 1,047 | 1,005 |
| 8% | 1,086 | 999 | 6 | 1,093 | 1,005 |
| 12% | 1,126 | 990 | 15 | 1,143 | 1,005 |
| 20% | 1,206 | 964 | 41 | 1,257 | 1,005 |
At 2% the two methods agree. At 20%, which is not unusual for a first run in an unfamiliar container, multiplying leaves you dozens of candles short. The rule is simple and worth memorising: production = good needed ÷ (1 − reject rate), rounded up. Then add pre-production tests, which sit outside the reject rate because they are poured before production starts, and then add pour loss to the material.
What a reject consumes
A rejected candle is a finished candle that failed inspection. It used everything a good one did. What you can get back depends on why it failed and when you noticed.
| Material | Consumed by a reject? | Recoverable? | Plan for it as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wax | Yes, 184 g | Often, by remelting, if clean | Full consumption; any recovery is a bonus |
| Fragrance | Yes, 16 g | Partly; remelted wax already carries it | Full consumption; recheck scent on remelt |
| Wick | Yes, 1 | No | Full consumption, always |
| Jar | Yes, 1 | Sometimes, after cleaning; not if chipped | Full consumption; recovered jars are a bonus |
Plan every reject as fully consumed. If you manage to remelt the wax and clean some jars, that is a saving on the next order, not a reason to buy less for this one. Remelted, already-scented wax is also not the same as fresh wax at 8%: some makers blend it back in small proportions and retest, others use it for their own testers. Decide how you will handle it before the run, not after.
The order for 1,051 pours
| Material | Calculated need | Packs | Bought | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergamot Amber Fragrance Oil | 17,320.48 g | 17 × 1 kg + 3 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | 17,330 g | ₹94,319.04 |
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | 199,185.52 g | 20 × 10 kg | 200.00 kg | ₹1,19,980.00 |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 | 1,104 wicks | 1 × 1000-pack + 1 × 100-pack + 1 × 10-pack | 1,110 wicks | ₹6,549.00 |
| White Matte Glass Jar | 1,073 jars | 215 × pack of 5 | 1,075 jars | ₹76,110.00 |
| Total | ₹2,96,958.04 |
Wax. 199,185.52 g is about 19.9 bags of 10 kg. The listed Chunks bags stop at 10 kg: 20 × 10 kg is ₹1,19,980.00, and 40 × 5 kg would be ₹1,19,800.00, ₹180.00 less, because the 5 kg bag is ₹599.00 a kilo against ₹599.90 for the 10 kg. At 200 kg, ask for a quote on WhatsApp; no volume discount is published, so do not assume one. Chunks are rated up to 13% fragrance load, well above 8%.
Fragrance. 17,320.48 g of Bergamot Amber rounds to 17 × 1 kg + 3 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g, ₹94,319.04. Bergamot Amber is ₹5.44 a gram at both 500 g and 1 kg, and ₹5.60 at 100 g, so the kilo bottles carry the order. Seventeen kilos of one oil is well past the listed 1 kg pack, so this is another line to quote on WhatsApp and to confirm in stock before you accept the order. Jars. White Matte Glass Jars at ₹354.00 for 5, 1,073 needed including 2% for glass broken in handling. The jar's fill weight is not published; weigh a 200 g test pour.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 16 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹105.02 | ₹7.00 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹280.00 | ₹5.60 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹560.00 | ₹5.60 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹2,718.00 | ₹5.44 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,437.00 | ₹5.44 | 62.50 |
| Pack | Price | Per kg | 200 g candles at 184 g wax |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹299.00 | ₹598.00 | 2.72 |
| 1 kg | ₹599.00 | ₹599.00 | 5.43 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,995.00 | ₹599.00 | 27.17 |
| 10 kg | ₹5,999.00 | ₹599.90 | 54.35 |
If your reject rate is different
The reject rate is the one number on this page most likely to be wrong for you. Here is the whole order recalculated at four rates, so you can see what each costs.
| Reject rate | Poured | Fragrance | Wax | Order cost | Per delivered candle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 1,009 | 16.63 kg | 191.23 kg | ₹2,89,638.04 | ₹289.64 |
| 2% | 1,030 | 16.97 kg | 195.21 kg | ₹2,93,593.00 | ₹293.59 |
| 4% | 1,051 | 17.32 kg | 199.19 kg | ₹2,96,958.04 | ₹296.96 |
| 8% | 1,097 | 18.08 kg | 207.90 kg | ₹3,10,475.04 | ₹310.48 |
Each extra point of reject rate costs roughly eleven candles' worth of every material on a 1,000-candle order. That is why a pilot batch pays for itself: if a 50-candle pilot shows your real rate is 2%, not 8%, you avoid buying for 67 candles you will never need, about ₹16,882.04 at listed prices.
The cost of rejects, and what remelting recovers
One candle here costs ₹86.99 of Bergamot Amber at the kilo rate, ₹110.22 of wax, ₹70.80 for the jar and ₹5.90 for the wick: ₹273.91 of material. About 42 rejects therefore cost about ₹11,504.14. If you can remelt all their wax and oil cleanly, you recover up to ₹8,282.74 of that as wax you can use again; the wicks are gone, and the jars come back only if they clean up without chips or residue. Put the full reject cost into your costing, and treat anything you recover as a gain on the next order. I Have a Corporate Order for 500 × 150 g Candles in One Fragrance — How Do I Calculate the Exact Raw-Material Requirement Before Sending My Quotation? shows how to carry allowances like this into a quotation.
Bringing the reject rate down
The cheapest material is the material you do not have to buy for rejects. These are general practice, not CSI measurements, and each is worth testing in your own setup.
Related calculations: I Have a Corporate Order for 250 × 200 g Candles — How Much Wax and Fragrance Should I Purchase if I Want 5% Extra Finished Stock? covers extra finished stock the client can call on, which is different from rejects; I Need 1,000 × 60 g Wedding Favours — How Much Wax Should I Buy When I Also Need 50 Additional Candles for Samples, Replacements and Breakage? handles a fixed number of extras on a wedding order; and I Have a 2,000-Piece Corporate Candle Order with 100 g Fill Weight — How Much Wax and Fragrance Should I Secure Before Accepting the Deadline? covers securing materials for a 2,000-candle order before you accept the deadline. For the fragrance-only view of 1,000 × 200 g with QC samples, see I Need 1,000 × 200 g Candles at 8% Fragrance — How Many Kilograms of Fragrance Oil Should I Order if I Also Need Development and QC Samples?.
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. Every reject you plan for is material you buy from us. This page still tells you to run a pilot and cut your reject rate, and not to assume a high one "to be safe".
Oil and wax prices are CSI live pricing, pulled on 24 September 2026. Wick, jar and tool prices are CSI listings verified on 10 September 2026 and re-checked in the 24–25 September pull. At 200 kg of wax and 17 kg of oil this order is beyond the listed packs; volume pricing is quoted on WhatsApp and no discount figure is published. All figures are arithmetic on listed prices, shown to two decimals.
The 4% reject rate, five QC samples, four tests, 3% pour loss, 2% jar breakage and 5% extra wicks are working assumptions. CSI publishes no reject rates, cure times or pour temperatures for Chunks. The White Matte jar's fill weight is not published; 200 g is this series' standard candle. For quotes, stock checks, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documentation, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
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Figures pulled 24 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Bergamot Amber ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹280.00 / 50 g, ₹560.00 / 100 g, ₹2,718.00 / 500 g, ₹5,437.00 / 1 kg. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹299.00 / 500 g, ₹599.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,995.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,999.00 / 10 kg. Wick, jar and tool figures (CSI listings verified 10 September 2026, re-checked 24–25 September 2026): Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 ₹59.00 / 10, ₹118.00 / 20, ₹295.00 / 50, ₹590.00 / 100, ₹2,950.00 / 500, ₹5,900.00 / 1,000; White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5 (₹70.80 each); Wick Centering Device ₹118.00 / 5; Steel Wick Holder ₹250.00 / 5.
Non-price figures and assumptions: Load is a share of finished candle weight: oil = W × L, wax = W × (1 − L). The 4% reject rate, 5 QC retained samples, 4 pre-production tests, 3% pour loss, 2% jar breakage and 5% extra wicks are labelled working assumptions; CSI publishes no reject rates. Per-candle material cost (₹273.91) uses Bergamot Amber at its 1 kg rate, Chunks at ₹599.00 / kg, one White Matte jar and one Thin C1 wick, and excludes labour, lids, labels, packaging, freight and GST. Remelting outcomes are general practice, not CSI measurements. The 200 g fill is this series' standard candle, not a published fill for the White Matte jar. Fragrance-load ceilings of up to 13% (Chunks) and up to 10% (CSI 464) are the wax makers' stated formulation maximums, not regulatory limits. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.