Dec
31

Glazing agents, or polishing agents, are food additives providing shiny appearance or protective coating to foods. Mostly they are based on waxes.

Examples are:

  • Stearic acid (E570)
  • Beeswax (E901)
  • Candelilla wax (E902)
  • Carnauba wax (E903, used to provide shiny appearance to chocolate and many other foods)
  • Shellac (E904)
  • Microcrystalline wax (E905c), Crystalline wax (E907)
  • Lanolin (E913)
  • Oxidized polyethylene wax (E914)
  • Esters of colophonium (E915)


See also

  • Glaze (cooking technique)

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