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Category: glazing agents, bulking agents, acidity regulators, carriers
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | pale yellow to amber brown solid (est) |
| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Melting Point: | 80.00 to 86.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Shelf Life: | 24.00 month(s) or longer if stored properly. |
| Storage: | store in cool, dry place in tightly sealed containers, protected from heat and light. |
| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | oils | | | solvents |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor Description: at 100.00 %. | odorless |
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
| BOC Sciences |
| For experimental / research use only. |
| Carnauba Wax
Odor: characteristic Use: Carnauba Wax can be used to produce a glossy finish in automobile waxes, shoe polishes, dental floss, and food products. |
| Bristol Botanicals |
| Carnauba wax Yellow Carnauba copernicia
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| Camden-Grey Essential Oils |
| Carnauba wax Bulk
Odor: characteristic Use: Of the plant waxes, most famous is carnauba wax, a product of a fan palm from the Brazilian tropics, Copernicia prunifera. In Brazil, more than ten million trees are grown on plantations to meet the world's demand for a hard wax that is very shiny when polished. Carnauba wax is the coating on the surface of the leaf, i.e., cuticle. Leaves of this fan palm are removed individually from the tree, cut and shredded, and then dried, so that wax flakes off. A pound of carnauba wax is obtained from about 20 leaves. This powder is melted, strained, and then molded into blocks, to be shipped to manufacturing countries. It?s used in lipsticks, dental floss and fine car polishes. |
| Camden-Grey Essential Oils |
| Carnauba wax
Odor: characteristic Use: A pound of carnauba wax is obtained from about 20 leaves. This powder is melted, strained, and then molded into blocks, to be shipped to manufacturing countries. It is used in lipsticks, dental floss and fine car polishes. |
| Charkit Chemical |
| CARNAUBA WAX #1 FLAKE
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| Charkit Chemical |
| CARNAUBA WAX #3 FLAKE
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| ECSA Chemicals |
| CARNAUBA WAX T1
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| ECSA TRADE THE MOST UPDATED FINANCIAL PUBLICATION ON THE WORLD OF CHEMISTRY |
| ECSA Chemicals |
| CARNAUBA WAX T3
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| FloraTech |
| Florabeads Carnauba
Odor: odorless Use: Florabeads Carnauba provide gentle and effective exfoliation to the skin. Florabeads Carnauba are hard, smooth, free-flowing microspheres, designed to function in a very low pH environment while maintaining their structural integrity. |
| H. Erhard Wagner |
| EWACERA 33
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| H. Erhard Wagner |
| EWACERA 34
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| Koster Keunen |
| Carnauba Wax
Odor: characteristic Use: Carnauba wax is obtained from the leaves of a palm tree named Copernica cerifera, indigenous to northern Brasil. The wax protects the plant against the environment and prevents excessive evaporation. Carnauba wax consists mainly of esters (ca. 85 %), free long chain fatty alcohols (ca. 13 %), and free fatty acids and resins. This very hard natural wax is mainly used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical stick formulations. |
| Koster Keunen |
| Koster Milk 302
Odor: characteristic Use: Our newly developed Koster Keunen Milks are sprayable, easy-to-use wax dispersions with a 40% wax content. A brand new patented emulsification technique allows us to produce small, spherical wax particles with a uniform particle size. This novel green technology gives us a flexible choice of emulsifiers - including food grade – using substantially less energy versus the traditional production methods. |
| Mosselman |
| Carnauba Wax Prime Yellow
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| Pangaea Sciences |
| Carnauba Wax USP
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| Penta International |
| CARNAUBA WAX YELLOW FLAKES
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| Penta International |
| CARNAUBA WAX YELLOW POWDER
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| Silver Fern Chemical |
| Carnauba Wax Dispersions
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| Silver Fern Chemical |
| SLIP-AYD SL 503 Ultra Fine Carnauba Wax
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| Strahl & Pitsch |
| CARNAUBA WAX-POWDER
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| Strahl & Pitsch |
| Carnauba Wax
Odor: bland Use: Carnauba Wax is obtained from the leaves of a palm tree known as Copernica Cerifera, which is also referred to as the "Tree of Life". This slow-growing Carnauba palm flourishes in the northeastern regions of Brazil, reaching an average height of 25-35 feet. It proliferates along river banks, streams and damp lowlands.
The tree exudes a wax through the petioles of its fan-shaped leaves, preventing dehydration from the equatorial climate.
The cutting of the leaves and sprouts takes place during the dry months of September through February. Workers use knives on long poles to trim the leaves from mature trees. The cut leaves are sun-dried and mechanically thrashed to remove the crude wax. This crude wax, in its powder form, is transported from the countryside and sold to shippers for export.
With a maximum cutting of twenty leaves per year from a tree, the average yield of wax for each tree is about one kilo per cutting. The majority of tree harvesting takes place in the Brazilian States of Ceara and Piaui. The color and quality of the wax are governed by the age of the leaves and care used in processing of this hard, brittle, lustrous wax. |
| Strahl & Pitsch |
| CARNAUBA WAX
CERTIFIED TYPE 1 ORGANIC |
| Strahl & Pitsch |
| CARNAUBA WAX
CONFECTIONERS POWDER |
| WholeChem |
| Carnauba Wax
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| Zhengzhou Cinobee Industry |
| Carnauba Wax
Odor: characteristic Use: Great ingredients for cosmetics like lipstick, mascara, hair wax.
For polishing, detailing car wax. |
Safety Information:
| European information : |
| Most important hazard(s): | | None - None found. |
S 02 - Keep out of the reach of children. S 24/25 - Avoid contact with skin and eyes.
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| Hazards identification |
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| Classification of the substance or mixture |
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
| None found. |
| GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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| Hazard statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Precautionary statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | glazing agents, bulking agents, acidity regulators, carriers |
| Recommendation for carnauba wax usage levels up to: | | | not for fragrance use.
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| Recommendation for carnauba wax flavor usage levels up to: |
| | not for flavor use.
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Safety References:
References:
Other Information:
| FDA Substances Added to Food (formerly EAFUS): | View |
| FDA Indirect Additives used in Food Contact Substances: | View |
| Export Tariff Code: | 1521.10.0040 |
| FDA Listing of Food Additive Status: | View |
| Wikipedia: | View |
Potential Blenders and core components note
Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| | brazil wax | | | carnauba [waxes] | | | carnauba palm cera | | | carnauba wax | | | carnauba wax USP | | | carnauba wax yellow flakes | | | carnauba wax yellow powder | | | carnauba wax-powder | | | carnuba wax pure refined #1 yellow | | | copernicia alba cera | | | copernicia cerifera cera | | | copernicia prunifera cera | | | florabeads carnauba | | | microcare 300 | | | microcare 310 | | | microcare 325 | | | microcare 350 | | | naturebead B20 | | | naturebead J20 | | | obtained from the leaves and leaf buds of copernicia cerifera, palmaceae | | | wax, carnauba
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Articles:
| PubMed: | Influence of putrescine and carnauba wax on functional and sensory quality of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruits during storage. |
| PubMed: | Development and characterization of controlled release polar lipid microparticles of candesartan cilexetil by solid dispersion. |
| PubMed: | Solid lipid dispersions: potential delivery system for functional ingredients in foods. |
| PubMed: | Layered lipid microcapsules for mesalazine delayed-release in children. |
| PubMed: | A burst drug release caused by imperfection of polymeric film-coated microparticles prepared by a fluidized bed coater. |
| PubMed: | Diclofenac salts, part 6: release from lipid microspheres. |
| PubMed: | MALDI imaging of neutral cuticular lipids in insects and plants. |
| PubMed: | Wax-incorporated emulsion gel beads of calcium pectinate for intragastric floating drug delivery. |
| PubMed: | Edible coatings influence fruit ripening, quality, and aroma biosynthesis in mango fruit. |
| PubMed: | History and recent progress in piezoelectric polymers. |
| PubMed: | [Analysis of constituents of ester-type gum bases used as natural food additives]. |
| PubMed: | Photoimages and the release characteristics of lipophilic matrix tablets containing highly water-soluble potassium citrate with high drug loadings. |
| PubMed: | Wax encapsulation of water-soluble compounds for application in foods. |
| PubMed: | In vitro erythemal UV-A protection factors of inorganic sunscreens distributed in aqueous media using carnauba wax-decyl oleate nanoparticles. |
| PubMed: | Sun protection enhancement of titanium dioxide crystals by the use of carnauba wax nanoparticles: the synergistic interaction between organic and inorganic sunscreens at nanoscale. |
| PubMed: | Combined GC/MS analytical procedure for the characterization of glycerolipid, waxy, resinous, and proteinaceous materials in a unique paint microsample. |
| PubMed: | Physical stability, centrifugation tests, and entrapment efficiency studies of carnauba wax-decyl oleate nanoparticles used for the dispersion of inorganic sunscreens in aqueous media. |
| PubMed: | Release and diffusional modeling of metronidazole lipid matrices. |
| PubMed: | Evaluation of hydrophobic materials as matrices for controlled-release drug delivery. |
| PubMed: | Characterisation of wax works of art by gas chromatographic procedures. |
| PubMed: | Characterization of waxes used in pictorial artworks according to their relative amount of fatty acids and hydrocarbons by gas chromatography. |
| PubMed: | Novel nanoparticulate carrier system based on carnauba wax and decyl oleate for the dispersion of inorganic sunscreens in aqueous media. |
| PubMed: | Hot air coating technique as a novel method to produce microparticles. |
| PubMed: | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization analysis of lipids and high molecular weight hydrocarbons with lithium 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate matrix. |
| PubMed: | A supercritical fluid-based coating technology. 2: solubility considerations. |
| PubMed: | Description and preliminary evaluation of a new ultrasonic atomizer for spray-congealing processes. |
| PubMed: | An evaluation of an ultra-high-volume airborne particulate sampler, the LEAP. |
| PubMed: | Reproduction and subchronic feeding study of carnauba wax in rats. |
| PubMed: | Subchronic feeding study of carnauba wax in beagle dogs. |
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