| Preferred name | beeswax absolute |
| Trivial Name | Beeswax |
| Short Description | absolue cire d'abeille |
| CAS Number | 8012-89-3 |
| Deleted CAS Number | 8006-40-4 |
| FEMA Number | 2126 |
| ECHA Number | 232-383-7 |
| FDA UNII | Search |
| FDA Patent | No longer provide for the use of these seven synthetic flavoring substances |
| FDA Mainterm | 8012-89-3 ; BEESWAX |
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| Material listed in food chemical codex | No |
| Specific gravity | @ 25 °C |
| Pounds per Gallon | 7.822 to 8.321 |
| Refractive Index | 1.42 to 1.49 @ 20 °C |
| Melting Point | 61 to 63°C @ 760 mm Hg |
| Flash Point TCC Value | 100 °C TCC |
| Shelf life | 36 months (or longer if stored properly.) |
| Storage notes | Store in cool, dry place in tightly sealed containers, protected from heat and light. |
| Solubility | |
| alcohol, hot | Yes |
| dipropylene glycol | Yes |
| water | No |
| Odor Type: Hay | |
| sweet, honey, balsamic, waxy, hay, tobacco, spicy, fruit dried fruit, brown, herbal, davana | |
| Odor strength | medium |
| Substantivity | 400 hour(s) at 100.00 % |
| Luebke, William tgsc, (1996) | At 100.00 %. sweet honey balsam waxy hay tobacco spice |
| Mosciano, Gerard P&F 19, No. 4, 45, (1994) | Sweet, dried fruit, brown, hay and tobacco-like, herbal with davana and honey notes |
| Flavor Type: Brown | |
| sweet, brown, fruit dried fruit, tobacco, davana, tagette | |
| Mosciano, Gerard P&F 19, No. 4, 45, (1994) | At 10.00 ppm. Sweet, brown, dried fruity, tobacco, with davana and tagette nuances |
| Especially for brown notes, sweetness enhancer, vanilla, caramel | Coumarinic sweet tea waxy |
| For flavor creation, tea, vanilla | Seaweed tea |
| Applications | |
| Odor purposes | Acacia , Allspice , Amber , Baby powder , Balsam , Bay rum , Bayberry , Beeswax absolute replacer , Bouquet , Carnation , Christmas , Coconut , Davana oil replacer , Fir balsam , Floral , Freesia , Hay new mown hay , Heliotrope , Honey , Honeysuckle , Jasmin , Mimosa , Musk , Orange blossom , Peony , Prune , Raisin , Rose white rose , Spice , Sweet pea , Tobacco , Tuberose , Vanilla , Violet , Woody |
| Other purposes | Jam |
| European information : | |
| Most important hazard(s): | |
| None - None found. | |
| S 02 - Keep out of the reach of children. S 24/25 - Avoid contact with skin and eyes. | |
| Hazards identification | |
| Classification of the substance or mixture | |
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) | |
| None found. | |
| GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements | |
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| Hazard statement(s) | |
| None found. | |
| Precautionary statement(s) | |
| None found. | |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: | |
| Not determined | |
| Dermal Toxicity: | |
| Not determined | |
| Inhalation Toxicity: | |
| Not determined | |
| Category: | |||
| flavor and fragrance agents | |||
| RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment: Search | |||
| IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice | |||
| Recommendation for beeswax absolute usage levels up to: | |||
| 8.0000 % in the fragrance concentrate. | |||
| Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). | |||
| The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library | |||
| publication number: 3 | |||
| Click here to view publication 3 | |||
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm | ||
| baked goods: | - | 10.00000 | |
| beverages(nonalcoholic): | 0.50000 | 0.50000 | |
| beverages(alcoholic): | - | - | |
| breakfast cereal: | - | - | |
| cheese: | - | - | |
| chewing gum: | - | - | |
| condiments / relishes: | - | - | |
| confectionery froastings: | - | - | |
| egg products: | - | - | |
| fats / oils: | - | - | |
| fish products: | - | - | |
| frozen dairy: | - | 2.00000 | |
| fruit ices: | - | 2.00000 | |
| gelatins / puddings: | - | - | |
| granulated sugar: | - | - | |
| gravies: | - | - | |
| hard candy: | - | 10.00000 | |
| imitation dairy: | - | - | |
| instant coffee / tea: | - | - | |
| jams / jellies: | - | - | |
| meat products: | - | - | |
| milk products: | - | - | |
| nut products: | - | - | |
| other grains: | - | - | |
| poultry: | - | - | |
| processed fruits: | - | - | |
| processed vegetables: | - | - | |
| reconstituted vegetables: | - | - | |
| seasonings / flavors: | - | - | |
| snack foods: | - | - | |
| soft candy: | - | - | |
| soups: | - | - | |
| sugar substitutes: | - | - | |
| sweet sauces: | - | - | |
| European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
| Outcome of the First Round of Public Consultation on the draft Guidance Document on the Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products on Bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and Solitary Bees) View page or View pdf |
| Outcome of the Second Round of Public Consultation on the draft Guidance Document on the Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products on Bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees) View page or View pdf |
| EFSA's 18th Scientific Colloquium on Towards holistic approaches to the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees View page or View pdf |
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| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:Data |
| apis mellifera l. absolute |
| Chemidplus:0008012893 |