good biodiversity practices. Technical characteristics INCI name: Copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax Melting point: (among the highest of natural waxes; higher than beeswax, ) Relative density: ~0.97 Among the hardest of natural waxes Practically insoluble in water or ethyl alcohol Soluble by heating in ethyl acetate or xylene References External links Botanical description - from the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden Carnauba wax data sheet - from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Carnauba Wax Background Paper - published report from field work Associacao Caatinga Good Practices Manual for the Carnauba supply chain - Associacao Caatinga/BMU-IKI/GIZ (2019) Initiative for Responsible Carnauba - IRC Private Business Action for Biodiversity - BMU-IKI/GIZ Union for Ethical BioTrade - UEBT Waxes Food additives Cosmetics chemicals Non-timber forest products E-number additives