Glazing agent
Coating agents are food additives that protect the food from smell, taste and moisture loss, promote shine or prolong the freshness or even act as a release agent.
Here are some examples:
- Beeswax ( E 901 )
- Candelilla wax (E 902)
- Carnauba wax ( E 903 )
- Mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids (E 570)
- Cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose ( E 466 )
- Hydroxypropyl cellulose ( E 463 )
- Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose ( E464)
- Methyl cellulose (E 461 )
- Methylethylcellulose (E 465 )
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