The natural waxy coating on fruits is often stripped during washing after harvest. Edible lac resin coatings—derived from insects— restore this protective layer, ensuring produce stays fresh and ...

Wax coatings on grocery store apples help preserve their freshness, firmness, and moisture during storage and transportation.

For lacquer finish users, good news: Shellac flakes have become more plentiful. Shellac starts out as a crusty protective coating secreted on tree branches by the tiny lac bug (Laccifer lacca), which ...

For shellac finish users, good news: Shellac flakes have become more plentiful. Even those familiar with shellac may not know that it starts out as a crusty protective coating secreted on tree ...

Researchers at the Queen Mary University of London and Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand have created a shellac-based coating to enhance the gas barrier properties of a recyclable, compostable, and ...