Glazing agents, or polishing agents, are food additives providing shiny appearance or protective coating to foods. Mostly they are based on waxes.

Examples are:

• Stearic acid (E570)
• Beeswax (E901)
• Candelilla wax (E902)
• Carnauba wax (E903, used to provide shiny appearance to chocolate and many other foods)
• Shellac (E904)
• Microcrystalline wax (E905c), Crystalline wax (E907)
• Lanolin (E913)
• Oxidized polyethylene wax (E914)
• Esters of colophonium (E915)

Food additives