Yellow beeswax
Beeswax in its crude form from the honeycomb, a yellow or light-brown solid with a characteristic honey odor.
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Facts
- Colour
- Yellow or light brown.
- Processing
- Combs are melted with hot water, steam, or solar heat; the melt is filtered and cast into cakes.
- Typical forms
- Cakes cast from the filtered melt.
- Standards and grades
- JECFA specifications for beeswax (INS 901): melting range 62 to 65 °C, acid value 17 to 24, saponification value 87 to 104.