{"id":26075,"date":"2026-01-16T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=26075"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:22:09","slug":"what-is-shellac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/16\/what-is-shellac\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS SHELLAC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo-from-Indiamart.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo-from-Indiamart.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo-from-Indiamart.com_.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo-from-Indiamart.com_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shellac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also known as<\/strong>: orange shellac, lac resin, confectioner\u2019s resin, confectioner&#8217;s glaze, resinous glaze, candy glaze, pure food glaze, natural glaze, lacca, E904<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commercial source:<\/strong> animal (insect)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Used on:<\/strong> fruit, vegetables, nuts, confections, chocolate, coffee beans, pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition:<\/strong> The purified product of a natural resin found on tree branches as a hardened secretion of a small, parasitic insect (<em>Kerria lacca<\/em>). Its major food use is as a coating on produce or candy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category:<\/strong> Vegetarian (not vegan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated:<\/strong> December 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/Or%20Shellac%20Technical%20Evaluation%20Report%20(2014).pdf\">USDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more ingredient information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To support VRG research, donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/donate\">www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or join at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\">www.vrg.org\/member<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The contents of this posting, our email, our website and our other publications, including Vegan Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shellac Also known as: orange shellac, lac resin, confectioner\u2019s resin, confectioner&#8217;s glaze, resinous glaze, candy glaze, pure food glaze, natural glaze, lacca, E904 Commercial source: animal (insect) Used on: fruit, vegetables, nuts, confections, chocolate, coffee beans, pharmaceuticals Definition: The purified product of a natural resin found on tree branches as a hardened secretion of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26077,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075\/revisions\/26077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}