It is typically made by chemically reacting lipids such as animal fat (tallow), soybean oil, or some other vegetable oil with an alcohol, producing a methyl, ethyl or propyl ester.
Ngokuvamile yenziwa ngama-lipids asabela ngamakhemikhali njengamafutha ezilwane (i-tallow), uwoyela wesoya, noma omunye uwoyela wemifino notshwala, okhiqiza i-methyl, ethyl noma i-propyl ester.