Glazing-Agents

Beeswax

Chemically, beeswax consists mainly of esters of saturated fatty acids and various long-chain aliphatic alcohols. It is a sticky yellowish mouldable substance naturally produced by honeybees. The pharmaceutical industry is using purified beeswax for tablet coatings and binding. This beeswax is also used in preparing ointments, cerates, plasters, and suppositories.

Dammar Gum

Dammar gum is obtained from the Dipterocarpaceae family of trees in India and East Asia, principally those of the genera Shorea, Balanocarpus, or Hopea. Most is produced by tapping trees; however some is collected in fossilized form from the ground. It is a triterpenoid resin, containing a large number of triterpenes and their oxidation products. Many of them are low molecular weight compounds, but dammar also contains a polymeric fraction, composed of polycadinene. It is used in foods, as either a clouding or a glazing agent, in the making of incense, varnishing and in other processes. Dammar was first introduced as a picture varnish in 1826 and is commonly referred to as Damar varnish. Damar varnish is commonly used in oil painting, both during the painting process and after the painting is finished.

Lanolin

Lanolin is the complex mixture of long chain waxy esters, hydroxy ester and diesters. It is also termed as wool wax or wool grease. Commercially lanolin and its derivate compounds find uses in lubricants, rustproof coatings, polishes, lip balm, baby skin treatment products and in saddle soaps.

Stearic Acid

Stearic acid is the saturated fatty acid with an 18 carbon chain. The salts and esters of stearic acid are called stearates. Stearic acid is useful as an ingredient in making candles, plastics, dietary supplements, oil pastels and cosmetics, and for softening rubber.It is used to harden soaps, particularly those made with vegetable oil. Stearic acid is used in aerosol shaving cream products. It is used in adhesives, hot melt adhesives.

Wondergel (Spreadable Agar-Agar) FOOD GRADE <90%

Spreadable Agar-agar Type WONDERGEL is a unique functional ingredient obtained by transforming the rigid structure of native agar-agar with no chemical treatment to give a softer and creamy texture while still maintaining the natural benefits of seaweed fiber.

WONDERGEL is an excellent alternative for partial or total replacement of traditional animal-based gelling agents and other expensive hydrocolloids to provide a particularly delicate and succulent mouthfeel with smooth thixotropic flow.

Common applications for WONDERGEL are for preparation of Thermoreversible Cake glaze, Decorative Piping Gel, Yogurt, cream fillings & custards, soft creamy instant puddings etc.