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Don Kasarda wrote:
 
> If I am recalling correctly an article that appeared in the magazine
> "This Old House," many foods, possibly apples, can be coated with
> shellac which is a product derived from some insect or other in India.
> . . . The final processing of the polymeric material into shellac is
> evidently carried out by one large New England firm before it is sold
> to food and pharmaceutical companies for coating fruits or pills, and
> so forth.
 
Just FYI, this same shellac is a component of an ingredient you will
often see listed on candies: "confectioner's glaze".
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