Food additive · Glazing agent
Carnauba wax
- E-number
- E903
A plant wax used to give candies a glossy coating.
- Food additive
- Glazing agent
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points carnauba wax costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An additive class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list carnauba wax
178 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list carnauba wax. The 12 most scanned:
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Fruit Snacks Welch's · 0.8 oz (22.7 g) Score 10 out of 100 Bad -
Trail Mix Kirkland Signature · 57 g (2 oz) Score 19 out of 100 Bad -
Trail Mix Kirkland · 1.81 kg Score 24 out of 100 Poor -
Gummies Mott's · 72 oz Score 9 out of 100 Bad -
Fruit Snacks Welch's · 4.5 lb (2043 g) Score 10 out of 100 Bad -
Peppermint Gum Pür Gum · 77 g Score 63 out of 100 Good -
Spearmint Gum Pur Score 66 out of 100 Good -
Pure Fresh Fresh Mint Mentos Score 23 out of 100 Poor -
Chocolate Candies M&M's · 49.3 g Score 2 out of 100 Bad -
Pur bubble gum Pur · 77 g/2.72 oz Score 63 out of 100 Good -
Mentos Pure Fresh Gum Spearmint Mentos · 100 g Score 23 out of 100 Poor -
Gummy Clusters Nerds · 8 oz Score 8 out of 100 Bad
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (14)
- e903
- carnauba
- brazil wax
- carnauba wax
- carnaubawachs
- cire de carnauba
- glazing agent e903
- carnauba wax coating
- carnauba wax glazing agent
- glazing agent carnauba wax
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- anticaking agent carnauba wax
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- glazing agent carnauba wax and beeswax