What is stearic acid?!

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What is stearic acid?

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Stearic acid is used as a binder in foods, and its source may be either animal or vegetable. It is found in vegetable and animal oils, animal fats, cascarilla bark extract, and in synthetic form. It is used in butter flavoring, vanilla flavoring, chewing gum and candy, fruit waxes, and may not be vegetarian.

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Hope the following information will be useful to you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stearic_aci...

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