Researchers find shellac alternative for coating chocolate panned products
date:Jan 11, 2013
A study by Fadini et al. in the journal Food Hydrocolloids outlines a method to develop edible films with hydrolyzed collagen and cocoa butter plasticized with sucrose.

Shellac: beetle secretion

Conventional chocolate panned products are coated with shellac - derived from a substance secreted by the Lac insect - and used in solutions with ethyl alcohol or isopropyl.



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