Keterangan :

Carnauba, also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the palm Copernicia prunifera, It is known as " queen of waxes" and usually comes in the form of hard yellow-brown flakes. It is obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm by collecting them, beating them to loosen the wax, then refining and bleaching the wax.

COMPOSITION
Carnauba palmThe main components of carnauba are aliphatic esters ( 40 wt% ) , diesters of 4-hydroxycinnamic acid ( 21.0 wt% ) , É -hydroxycarboxylic acids ( 13.0 wt% ) , and fatty acid alcohols ( 12 wt% ) . The compounds are predominantly derived from acids and alcohols in the C26-C30 range.

APPLICATION
Carnauba wax can produce a glossy finish and as such is used in automobile waxes, shoe polishes, dental floss, food products such as sweets, instrument polishes, and floor and furniture waxes and polishes, especially when mixed with beeswax and with turpentine.

In foods, it is used as a formulation aid, lubricant, release agent, anticaking agent, and surface finishing agent in baked foods and mixes, chewing gum, confections, frostings, fresh fruits and juices, gravies, sauces, processed fruits and juices, soft sweets, Tic Tacs, Altoids, and Swedish Fish.

It is also used in the pharmaceutical industry as a tablet-coating agent. Adding the carnuaba wax aids in the swallowing of tablets for patients