Food Industry

In the food sector, waxes are commonly used for coating food products.

Some Examples of Applications:

Cheese:

Food-grade waxes are used to create a protective coating around certain cheeses. These waxes are specially designed to preserve the cheese's properties and flavors. ADC Solution offers high-quality wax to protect your cheese during handling before sale, while perfectly maintaining its organoleptic characteristics and taste. Safeguard the excellence of your cheese with our food-grade wax!

Fruits and Vegetables

Applying a thin layer of wax to certain foods serves as a simple and cost-effective way to meet market demands: improving the product’s appearance, slowing the ripening process, and extending the shelf life of fresh produce like fruits and vegetables.

In general, these coatings are used on foods with skins that are not consumed and are peeled.

Two Main Categories of Food Coatings:

Deux grandes catégories d’enrobages alimentaires :

• Traditional Waxes: These waxes give fruits a glossy finish, sometimes enhancing color, but with minimal physiological effects. Commonly used vegetable waxes include carnauba, candelilla, rice bran wax, and beeswax. Paraffin is often applied to apples for a long-lasting shine compared to the shorter-lasting polish from vegetable waxes.

• Active Compositions: More advanced coatings offer controlled permeability, affecting the product’s metabolism and biochemical reactions during ripening. These coatings aim to reduce water loss and mitigate damage from cold or handling. Active formulations typically consist of specific blends of vegetable or mineral waxes.

Confectionery: 

Wax is used to coat certain candies for shine and to alter the texture of chewing gums.