Yellow Beeswax – food grade

Product code: 5065
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Description

Our food grade yellow beeswax comes in granules, with a fine-grained, matt, non-crystalline fracture; it becomes soft and pliable when warmed by hand.

Odour, faint and characteristic of honey. Relative density, about 0.96.
This wax is practically insoluble in water; partially soluble in hot ethanol (90%) and in ether; completely soluble in fatty and essential oils.

Specification

INCI Name
Cera Flava
Food Additive
E901
Drop point,°C, Ph. Eur 6.0 (2.2.17)
61 – 66
Saponification value, mg KOH/g, Ph. Eur.6.0
87 – 104
Acid value, mg KOH/g, Ph. Eur. 6.0
17 – 24
Ester value, mg KOH/g, Ph. Eur. 6.0 (2.5.2)
70 – 80
Peroxide value, mM H2O2/kg, EU 231/2012
5 max
Test for ceresin, paraffin and certain other waxes, Ph. Eur.6.0
Pass
Test for glycerol and other polyols, Ph. Eur.6.0
Pass
Test for fats, Japan wax, rosin and soaps, EU 231/2012
Pass
Lead, ppm, EU 231/2012
< 3.0
Mercury, ppm, DIN EN ISO1 7294-2
< 0.1
Cadmium, ppm, DIN EN ISO1 7294-2
< 0.1
Arsenic, ppm, DIN EN ISO1 7294-2
< 0.1
Chloramphenicol, ppb, HM-MA-M-L-2-12
< 0.3
Format
Granules

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