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Q: Why is carnauba wax in fruit snacks?
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What is the alternate use of montan wax carnauba wax used to make carbon paper roll?

What is the alternate use of montan wax ? What is the alternate use of montan wax ? Alternate of Montan Wax is Carnauba Wax. Montan and Carnauba wax cannot be replaced fully but it can partially replaced by Vegetable wax compound.


What is carnauba wax?

Carnauba wax is the wax that is derived from a northeaster Brazilian fan palm. Its wax is made up of aliphatic esters, diesters, carboxylic acids and fatty acid alcohols.


What kind of gelatin is in Mott's fruit snack?

There is no Gelatin in Mott's fruit snacks. Corn starch and pectin are the thickeners. INGREDIENTS: fruit juice blend, corn syrup, sugar, modified corn starch. Contains 2% or less of: fruit pectin, citric acid, vitamin c, dextrose, sodium citrate, vegetable and fruit juice for color, malic acid, sunflower oil, potassium citrate, natural flavor carnauba wax.


Is carnauba wax edible?

Yes it is. Carnauba wax is used for coating many edible products including sweets and pharmaceutical pills.


Do ocean spray fruit snacks have gelatin?

It is not listed in the ingredience. It uses carnub wax an bees wax insted.


What is an example sentence using the word carnauba?

Carnauba wax is known as the queen of waxes.


Is carnauba wax gluten free?

Yes.


What is the difference between carnuba and carnauba wax?

Carnauba wax is the correct spelling, but some spell it, "Carnuba" because it is a little simpler. They are the same substance.


Is Carnauba wax bad?

No it's derived from tree leaves


What kind of wax does grocery stores spray on fruit?

It's a natural wax (which is, of course, non-petroleum based) called carnauba wax. It's common to use wax in various foods including cheese and chocolate. Apples, for example, are not waxed for cosmetic reasons--actually, the wax helps it keep firm and juicy, and protected from the penetration of bacteria. Basically, the carnauba is a replacement for the apple's natural wax, which is washed off when the farmers clean it. The wax is then applied to keep the good stuff in, and the bad stuff out.


Are lemons coated with anything after harvest?

Carnauba or water wax I think


What is the pH of carnauba wax?

7.2 lol katy