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Shellac and confectioner's glaze (E904)
Doubtful (mushbooh)
Insect secretion. Many permit it, some avoid it.
Shellac is a glaze made from the secretion of the lac insect, used on sweets, fruit and tablets. Scholarly opinion is divided.
Where to verify
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