Candelilla wax

Candelilla wax
Names
Other names
  • E902
Identifiers
ECHA InfoCard 100.029.404 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 232-347-0
E number E902 (glazing agents, ...)
UNII
Properties
Melting point 68.5–72.5 °C (155.3–162.5 °F; 341.6–345.6 K)
Boiling point > 240 °C (464 °F)[1]
Insoluble[2]
Hazards
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
> 5000 mg/kg (rat, oral)[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Candelilla wax is a wax derived from the leaves of the small candelilla shrub native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, from the family Euphorbiaceae. It is yellowish-brown, hard, brittle, aromatic, and opaque to translucent.

  1. ^ "Candelilla wax". Sigma-Aldrich.
  2. ^ a b Candelilla wax (WHO food additives series 30)