Synthetic petroleum wax
For Synthetic petroleum wax, jurisdiction is US FDA (21 CFR 172–178); status is permitted; citation is 21 CFR 172.888; use conditions is in or on foods in accordance with the following conditions: ( a ) Synthetic petroleum wax is a mixture of solid hydrocarbons, paraffinic in nature, prepared by either catalytic polymerization of ethylene or copolymerization of ethylene with linear (C 3 to C 12 ) alpha-olefins, and refined to me, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- Additive
- Synthetic petroleum wax verified
- Jurisdiction
- US FDA (21 CFR 172–178) our reading
- Status
- permitted our reading
- Citation
- 21 CFR 172.888 our reading
- Use conditions
- in or on foods in accordance with the following conditions: ( a ) Synthetic petroleum wax is a mixture of solid hydrocarbons, paraffinic in nature, prepared by either catalytic polymerization of ethylene or copolymerization of ethylene with linear (C 3 to C 12 ) alpha-olefins, and refined to me...
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What the source says
( c ) Synthetic petroleum wax has a number average molecular weight of not less than 500 nor greater than 1,200 as determined by vapor pressure osmometry. ( d ) Synthetic petroleum wax may contain any antioxidant permitted
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-172