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Food Grade Yellow Beeswax Pellets

Product code: CN-1348-P

Unit Weight in kg: 1

Description

Our food grade yellow beeswax CN-1348-P fully complies with the specification for E901.

It is most commonly used as a glazing agent on jellied sweets, soft gels and capsules in combination with other waxes such as Carnauba wax and vegetable oils.

All deliveries are accompanied by a Certificate of Analysis.

It is available in yellow pellets, with a fine-grained, matt, non-crystalline fracture; it becomes soft and pliable when warmed by hand.

Odour is 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

Food Additive number
E901
Format
Pellets
Drop point, °C
61 – 66
Saponification value, mg KOH/g
87 – 104
Acid value, mg KOH/g
17 – 24
Ester value, mg KOH/g
70 – 80
Peroxide value, mM H2O2/kg
5 max
Test for ceresin, paraffin and certain other waxes
Pass
Test for glycerol and other polyols
Pass
Test for fats, Japan wax, rosin and soaps
Pass
Lead, ppm, EU 231/2012
< 3.0
Cadmium, ppm, DIN EN ISO1 7294-2
< 1.0
Arsenic, ppm, DIN EN ISO1 7294-2
< 1.0

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