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E 904 refers to shellac, a natural product. Shellac consists of excrements of the female varnish scale insect. Shellac is a food additive approved in the EU under the number E 904 and can be used q.s. (without maximum quantity restriction) as a coating agent for the treatment of foodstuffs.
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