The ingredient that makes jellybeans hard and shiny is none other than shellac, a resin made from the secretions of the female lac bug as it feeds on tree sap. These secretions – which are not ...

Confectioner’s glaze, also known as shellac, is made from lac-resin, a bug secretion. The lac bug is a parasite that secretes a waxy, waterproof coating to protect itself. Workers scrape those ...