Glazing agent

Glazing agents, or polishing agents, are food additives providing shiny appearance or protective coating to foods. Mostly they are based on waxes.

Examples are:
 * Stearic acid (E570)
 * Beeswax (E901)
 * Candelilla wax (E902)
 * Carnauba wax (E903, used to provide shiny appearance to chocolate and many other foods)
 * Shellac (E904)
 * Microcrystalline wax (E905c), Crystalline wax (E907)
 * Lanolin (E913)
 * Oxidized polyethylene wax (E914)
 * Esters of colophonium (E915)