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  },
  "functional_class": "Acidity regulator",
  "summary": "Carnauba wax is the hardest natural wax, used to glaze confectionery, coated sweets, fresh fruit and tablets. It is the shine on a jelly bean.",
  "derivation_summary": "Collected from the leaves of the Brazilian carnauba palm, Copernicia prunifera, which secretes it to reduce water loss. The leaves are dried and the wax beaten off, so the tree is not felled.",
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        }
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 903, food category 07.0",
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