| abstract |
There are provided an aqueous shellac coating agent comprising shellac, a basic amino acid and/or a basic phosphate, as well as a production process therefor; a coated food and a coated drug that have been coated with such a coating agent; a glazing composition for oil-based confectionary which is in a liquid form and comprises an aqueous shellac solution (A) containing shellac, a basic amino acid and/or a basic phosphate dissolved in water, a thickener (B), and/or a sugar (C); a process for glazing oil-based confectionary in which this glazing composition is applied to oil-based confectionary to be glazed, thereby generating a glaze; and glazed oil-based confectionary produced using this process for glazing oil-based confectionary. |