Mineral Oil On Plastic Worms? The 135 Top Answers

Perfect for anglers who water their own worms, Lurecraft Plastic Worm Oil Additive will add a more lifelike feel to your worms and other soft plastics, helping you catch more fish. Lurecraft Plastic Worm Oil Additive is formulated for use when packaging your worms and other soft plastics, giving your bait a lethal combination of scent and realistic texture that will have fish biting and not letting go. It also doesn’t stink in your pouring area since you don’t have to boil it down into the plastic either. You can even mix it with other scents and attractants to create an even stronger scent and flavor cocktail. Add it to worms, maggots or crows, Lurecraft Plastic Worm Oil Additive is ideal for anglers building their own custom baits at home.

White mineral oils are an essential part of many applications across a wide range of industries. White mineral oil is also known as white oil, mineral oil, liquid petroleum, liquid paraffin, liquid paraffin and paraffin. At first glance, white mineral oils are odorless and colorless. These high purity, refined mineral oils are a blend of paraffinic isoalkanes and naphthenic molecules.

industry used

White mineral oils are food and medical grade, making them popular in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. This type of mineral oil is safe to use as a lubricant in food processing plants as it is approved for food contact. This allows manufacturing without concerns about product contamination that can occur with less pure standard lubricants.

White oils are also popular in the plastics and rubber industries. They help soften rubber products and are indispensable in the manufacture of polystyrene, PVC and various types of rubber. This is crucial for the production of plastic food packaging and utensils. It’s also easily found in adhesives, cleaning products, polishes, and plastic toys. The range of uses of white mineral oils has only grown in the last few decades and is expected to continue to grow in the future, with an emphasis on protecting the public.

The process oils commonly used in rubber manufacturing typically have a viscosity between 70 and 1,500 SUS at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Petroleum dealers usually offer a range of different viscosity petroleum products as you will see below.

Renoil 70-W white oil

With our Renoil 70-W white oil, the name indicates the viscosity of the oil and the -W stands for food grade. The higher the number, the more viscous the product. Renoil 70-W is typically used in products that are ingested or used directly on people’s skin. This can include pharmaceuticals such as capsules and topical ointments, personal care products such as baby oil, lotions, sunscreen, cosmetics and hair products, and coatings on foods including egg, fruit and vegetable coatings, and grain dust control.

Renoil 220-W white oil

As the number suggests, this product is much thicker than our 70-W. While it’s also used in cosmetics and food packaging, this type of oil can also be found in skillet oils and food-grade lubricants. Some additional uses may include cutting board oil and hot melt adhesives.

Renoil 350-W and 500-W white oil

White oil is easily found in baby oils in the personal care industry. These more viscous oils are used in the manufacture of plastics and as an extender oil for thermoplastic rubbers. These may include PVC lubes, polystyrene lubes, plastic temper and catalyst supports.

Conclusion

Renkert Renoil USP white oils are used in a variety of applications and industries. White oil is available in different viscosities and is suitable for medical, food and cosmetic purposes as well as in the plastics and rubber industries. If you would like an expert opinion on which type is right for you, contact Renkert Oil and speak to one of our team. The optimal oil for your application ensures productivity and the production of quality products.

There are many misconceptions when it comes to using mineral oil on wood surfaces. Is it a food-safe oil, perfect for protecting wooden cutting boards and kitchen utensils as some people claim, or is it just an all-around bad idea?

Before using mineral oil on your kitchen cabinets and wood cutting surfaces, take a look at the facts about using mineral oil on wood.

What is mineral oil?

Despite its name, mineral oil doesn’t actually contain anything healthy. It’s not natural at all either.

Mineral oil is made from petroleum. Crude oil is processed to remove impurities – that’s why food-grade mineral oil is clear and odorless. However, this does not make it healthy or environmentally friendly. Also, not every mineral oil is food safe.

What are the benefits of using mineral oil on wood?

So if it’s not necessarily the most food-safe wood oil, why do some people use mineral oil to preserve their cutting boards and other wood products in the kitchen?

Mineral oil has some advantages:

It is relatively stable and will not spoil when exposed to warm temperatures.

When applied to wood, mineral oil leaves a clear finish, making it a practical choice when you want a natural look.

Petroleum based, highly refined mineral oil is considered non-toxic.

Refined mineral oil does not emit any bad smells.

How to use mineral oil on wood cabinets, cutting boards, and other kitchen surfaces

The application process for mineral oil is similar to the steps you would follow when applying most wood oil finishes:

Sand the wood as needed to create a smooth finish.

Apply the mineral oil to the wood with a cloth or brush.

Leave the oil on until the wood is dry.

Once dry you can apply a second coat.

Repeat until the wood is evenly saturated with the oil.

For cutting boards, wooden utensils, countertops and other heavily used wooden surfaces in the kitchen, you can oil the surface once a month to prevent warping and cracking.

Mineral oil vs. natural wood oil

There are a few issues with mineral oil that you should be aware of before using it in your home.

If you use it on food surfaces you may pick up small amounts of petroleum. One thing you can do to protect your food when using mineral oil is to apply a coat of beeswax over the mineral oil after it has dried.

Mineral oil that is not highly refined contains impurities that can be harmful to your health. Even moderately refined mineral oils are considered carcinogenic

Mineral oil needs to be relubricated regularly – it is not a durable wood product like oil finishing products intended for wood preservation.

Natural wood oils, on the other hand, are just as easy to apply. Unlike mineral oil, once hardened, the hardwax oils are completely non-toxic, food-safe, pet-safe, and toy-safe. They also last a lot longer, which means less maintenance.

Whittle Waxes Hard Wax Oils are an excellent choice if you are looking for a 100% natural wood oil that is safe for everyone and ideal for use in kitchens and bathrooms.

Made from a blend of sustainable raw materials such as Sunflower Oil, Jojoba Oil, Beeswax and Carnauba Wax, Hardwax Oils repel water, enhance the beauty of wood and protect all your wood surfaces for years to come. Explore the range of Whittle Waxes Hard Wax Oils to learn more.

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Bartender, there’s a worm stuck to the rim of my cocktail glass. Why worm salt is actually a thing and how it makes your tequila taste even better.

We’ve all seen those funny little worms that swim at the bottom of Mezcal bottles. While the worms are often used as a marketing tool for cheaper mezcals, worm salt (or sal de gusano) is actually an integral part of mezcal culture.

Made from the larvae of the agave plant, worm salt is a spicy-salty condiment made from roasted and ground “worms”, chili peppers and salt, and is traditionally served with orange slices as an accompaniment to mezcal.

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So you’re actually eating little bits of the insect that eats the plant that’s used to make the spirit you’re drinking. It really is a whole circle of life… as long as you don’t think about it too much. If you find the idea a bit flimsy (pun intended), then consider efficiency instead. If left to its own devices, the “Hypota Agavis” moth (to give it its technical name) can easily eat the agave’s heart. So removing them leaves more agave that can be turned into delicious drinks.

Smokey and hearty

Insects are a big part of native pre-Hispanic cuisine and are used in all types of cuisine. Sal de gusano may be best known internationally, but you can also pick up lightly fried crickets at the markets in Oaxaca.

While insects are a central part of many Mexican cuisines, sal de gusano is primarily an Oaxacan specialty. Oaxaca, located about 300 miles south of Mexico City, is Mexico’s capital of mezcal culture.

And how does worm salt taste? Well, flavors can vary with each manufacturer depending on what salt, paprika, and larvae are used, but think of it as a bit of an umami salt explosion. Umami Salt Explosion. The salty, slightly hot, smoky, and savory flavor comes from picking the worms (or lava) when they’re mature, dry roasting them, grinding them up, and seasoning them with Oaxacan sea salt and ground Oaxacan chilies.

And while it’s likely to remain a confidential cult ingredient, remember that just like mexcal, it can enhance food. Guacamole, ceviche, salsas, scrambled eggs or even fruits like pineapple can be made much better with just a small pinch of worm salt.

Do it yourself

You can find worm salt at specialty stores or online, but if that seems difficult, why not make your own.

With just three ingredients (1 x finely chopped Mezcal worm, 1 tsp sea salt, and 1 tsp finely chopped dried Mexican chili), it seems pretty easy.

Oddly enough, unless you’re in Mexico with access to agave plants, the best source of larvae is from those mezcal bottles themselves. Strain the worm and dry it in the microwave (be careful not to overheat it as it has a nasty habit of just exploding). Preferably in 10 second intervals until dry to the touch and firm.

Mind you, no matter how much credibility you gain from crafting your own, you still have to weigh up whether slicing and then shredding worms is really worth it.

Despite their ability to taste and smell many of the same chemicals that we do, bass and humans don’t necessarily taste the same things.

The bass sensory system in general tends to act like a two-stage information filter. For taste and smell, the first filter contains the chemoreceptor cells that respond to water-soluble molecules.

The second filter is in the brain. Of all the substances a perch can smell and taste, only a small fraction is interpreted as attractive by the brain. The bass either doesn’t care about the other smells and tastes or is repulsed.

For example, we can easily smell spoiled meat, but we’re certainly not attracted to it. Likewise, many of the things Bass smells and tastes can be downright obnoxious.

The substances that perch find attractive are the essences of the things they normally eat. Bass are predators. They eat meat, primarily prey fish, crustaceans, and other aquatic prey, although as opportunistic feeders they will take almost any small animal that comes their way. As such, they enjoy a variety of meat flavors to varying degrees, particularly those high in protein. For example, cooked fishmeal is often the main flavoring used in hatchery feed.

Flavors derived from plants are invariably poor performers. Perch are meat eaters, not vegetarians. No matter how tantalizingly sweet flavors like strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, almond fudge, or chocolate-coated candy bombs may sound to us, they mean nothing to Bass. So is aniseed (liquorice) oil, the fragrant essence found in many popular versions of early fish attractants.

Roughly the same is true of that old reliable flavor commonly known as table salt. Bass aren’t the salt lovers that we are. Basses, while sensitive to sodium chloride, find it mildly appealing at best.

Taste tests in the laboratory show time and time again that perch quickly lose interest in items flavored only with sodium chloride. When added to an organic mixture such as B. worm extract, table salt can

improve the overall flavor slightly, but it’s no more than a minor improvement.

Salt is important to the bass diet in another way. Because bass are constantly losing body salts to their freshwater environment, they require a steady supply of salts. Prey such as minnows and crabs also contain body salts, which when consumed help replenish lost body salt stores. Studies show that while no single salt is obviously palatable, bass find salt mixes that replicate a prey species quite palatable. Bass can easily distinguish a range of complex mixtures and simple table salt.

It’s time to put an end to an industry misconception. Salt is not an attractant. In fact, salinity can actually be a deterrent when freshwater fish are involved. Salt was not introduced into soft plastics as an attractant, but this is the spin some manufacturers used when it was first applied to soft plastics baits. It has actually been added as a filler in plastic. That’s correct. During the petroleum crisis of the 1970’s, the price of plastisol, a petroleum-based product and a key ingredient in soft plastic baits, skyrocketed. At this point, all soft plastic baits were buoyant and weight had to be added to make the baits sink. During this time it was quickly discovered that salt could be added to plastisol as a filler without affecting the color of the bait. Salt did three things: it reduced the overall manufacturing cost; it made the plastic sink; and the small shards of salt easily ripped the plastic, which meant consumers had to buy more bait, and that was the important thing.

Well, salt isn’t a bad thing, it’s just overused by soft plastic lure manufacturers and they do it for all the wrong reasons. With stick baits like Senko, Yum Dinger, Ocho or Riot Stick, salt is a necessity as these baits are designed to sink quickly. The more salt they contain, the faster they sink. Some companies added up to 40% salt to their stick baits to achieve the desired sink rate. The unfortunate result of exorbitant amounts of salt (at least for the angler) is reduced durability, but in this one case the benefit of the salt’s high sinking rate far outweighs its detrimental properties.

Where the benefits of salt are totally outweighed by its negatives is seen in creature lures and any other lure intended to be fished from the bottom in a weighted Texas rigged presentation. In this situation, the fall speed of the lure is determined by the lead or tungsten weight, not the salt concentration. In this situation, baits heavily impregnated with salt will fall over and lie flat on the bottom, motionless and unattractive. Floating creature lures, on the other hand, remain in an upright position, allowing their appendages to move freely in the water column, keeping the bait an enticing and realistic looking bite. For most “Craw”-like creature lures, this stance mimics a crawfish’s natural defensive posture. Unsalted, swimming worms mimic lye or lamprey burrowing into the lake bottom. This is why shakeyheads can be such an effective presentation on highly pressurized lakes. A buoyant worm like Riot Baits’ Urami worm can offer a “Shakeyhead-like” presentation while simply being rigged in Texas. The Urami’s 5 1/2 inch buoyant body can actually lift a 2/0 EWG to a vertical position.

The same buoyancy of an unsalted bait is also beneficial in a drop shot application. Many heavily salted drop shot lures simply drop to a near vertical position on a circle hook, while their more buoyant, non-salted counterparts remain horizontal in the water column like a natural baitfish.

So salt or no salt? It all depends on what the desired presentation is. Both have their merits, but it’s important to dispel the myths and know why and when to choose a salted or an unsalted bait.

Do fish attractants work?

If you’ve spent a lot of time in a tackle shop, chances are you’ve come across fish attractants. You might even have a buddy who makes his own homemade scents and swears by them. So do they really work, is it worth buying and using on your baits?

Biologists believe that fish’s sense of smell is 1,000 times better than that of humans. The most famous example of this is that sharks can detect blood from miles away. It’s common knowledge that fish can smell, but do fishing attractants we see in tackle shops work as they claim?

Scents can both attract and repel fish. Fish are attracted to natural scents that trigger a feeding response. While unnatural smells like sunscreen or gasoline repel fish.

Most effective scents for attracting fish

The most effective scents in fish attractants are garlic, natural fish oil, fish pheromones, anise oil and amino acids. All of these scents make bait smell and taste like prey that fish would eat in the wild.

Smells that repel fish – smells to avoid

Certain smells, such as gasoline, oil, sunscreen, and nicotine, repel fish. These are smells that tell the fish people are around and make them be a lot more careful. This heightened caution can range from not feeding, hiding more into cover, or leaving the area entirely.

Benefits of Bait Scents

Fishing scents offer two key benefits. They help attract fish from a greater distance, which expands your effective fishing area. They also make your bait taste more natural, so fish are less likely to spit out your bait. This gives you more time to spot the bite and set the hook.

What species do fish attractants work on?

bass

catfish

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Panfish

What oils attract fish?

Olive oil by itself isn’t good for attracting fish, but it’s a great base for adding scents. Garlic-infused olive oil is a popular combination in homemade attractants.

Cod liver oil is an excellent attractant for bait. Cod liver oil smells like a dying fish, which attracts predatory fish like bass and catfish.

Tuna oil is a great natural scent to attract fish. The natural smell and taste entices fish to hold bait for longer, giving you a greater chance of spotting the bite.

Recommended fish attractants

Over the years I have tried many different attractants and some are clear winners and some are clear losers. For specific recommendations, see our Fish Attractants Buyer’s Guide.

Baby oil softens your skin, smells amazing, and is pretty cheap. While it may seem like the perfect personal lube choice for your next intimate encounter, baby oil doesn’t actually work well as a personal lube. Read on to find out why.

Baby oil is a petroleum-based mineral oil. It is considered a by-product of the process of refining crude oil. Baby oil is further refined for use in skin care products and is safe when used externally on the skin. It has been shown to be effective in protecting babies from diaper rash.

However, when it comes to sex, baby oil doesn’t seem to be the best choice, especially for vaginal or anal sex.

Baby oil is difficult to wash out

Baby oil does not dissolve in water and thus creates a barrier effect on the skin. It remains on the skin until removed by cleansing. After sex, baby oil is difficult to wash off with soap and water. It may require some scrubbing, which can irritate your skin.

Baby oil can increase the risk of vaginal infection

Petroleum-based lubricants can increase a woman’s risk of vaginal infection. A recent study found that women who used petroleum jelly as a lubricant were more than twice as likely to develop bacterial vaginosis as women who did not use petroleum jelly as a lubricant for the same month.

This study also found that using oil in the vagina could increase a woman’s risk of getting a yeast infection. If you are prone to yeast infections, you should avoid using baby oil or any other type of oil during sex.

Baby oil will break down a latex condom

Any oil-based lubricant can destroy latex condoms very quickly. Baby oil (and all other oils) should never be used with latex condoms, diaphragms, or cervical caps. Research has shown that condoms can break in as little as a minute when using mineral oils. A broken condom puts you at risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or becoming pregnant.

Baby oil is insoluble in water and will remain on the skin until washed off with soap and water. If you use it to masturbate and then without a shower to have sex with a condom, the latex will still degrade.

Oil-based lubricants can stain bedding and clothing

Like any other type of oil-based lube, baby oil can stain your bedding and clothes. The stains are difficult or impossible to remove.

Baby oil can degrade materials used in sex toys

Baby oil should not be used with latex, silicone, rubber, or plastic sex toys. Petroleum can degrade these materials and turn your sex toy into a terrible mess.

A liquid mixture of higher alkanes from a mineral source, especially a distillate of petroleum

Not to be confused with spirit

For crude oil found in geological deposits, see Petroleum

A bottle of mineral oil as sold in the USA

Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum,[1] as distinct from commonly edible vegetable oils.

The name “mineral oil” itself is imprecise, having been used for many specific oils over the last few centuries. Other similarly imprecise names include “white oil,” “paraffin oil,” “liquid paraffin” (a highly refined medicinal grade), paraffinum liquidum (Latin), and “liquid petroleum.” Baby oil is a perfumed mineral oil.

Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of refining crude oil to make gasoline and other petroleum products. This type of mineral oil is a transparent, colorless oil composed primarily of alkanes[2] and cycloalkanes and is related to petroleum jelly. It has a density of about 0.8–0.87 g/cm3 (0.029–0.031 lb/cu in).[3]

Nomenclature [ edit ]

Some of the inaccuracy in defining the names used for mineral oil (such as “white oil”) reflects usage by consumers and dealers who did not know, and typically did not need to know, the exact chemical composition of the oil. Merriam-Webster gives the first use of the term “mineral oil” as 1771.[4] Before the late 19th century, the chemical science to determine the composition of an oil was not available anyway. A similar lexical situation arose with the term “white metal”.

“Petroleum”, which is widely available and sold cheaply in the US, is not sold as such in the UK. Instead, British pharmacologists use the terms “paraffinum perliquidum” for light mineral oil and “paraffinum liquidum” or “paraffinum subliquidum” for slightly thicker varieties. The term “Paraffinum Liquidum” often appears on the ingredient lists of baby oil and cosmetics. British aromatherapists commonly use the term “white mineral oil”. For lubricating oils, mineral oil is classified into Groups 1 to 2 worldwide and Group 3 in certain regions. This is because the premium Group 3 mineral lubricating oils are so pure that they exhibit properties similar to polyalphaolefin PAO (Group 4 synthetic) oils.[5]

Toxicology [ edit ]

The World Health Organization classifies minimally treated mineral oils as Group 1 carcinogens, known to be carcinogenic to humans.[6] Highly refined oils are classified in Group 3 as not suspected of being carcinogenic based on available information sufficient to classify them as harmless.[7 ]

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) carried out a risk assessment on the migration of components from carton packaging inks – including mineral oils – into food in 2011, based on the results of a survey carried out in the same year. The FSA has not identified any specific food safety concerns from inks.[8]

People can be exposed to mineral oil mist in the workplace through inhalation, skin contact, or eye contact. In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has set the legal limit for exposure to mineral oil mist in the workplace at 5 mg/m3 (0.0022 gr/cu ft) over an 8-hour workday, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has established a recommended exposure limit of 5 mg/m3 (0.0022 gr/cu ft) over an 8-hour working day, with a previous limit of 10 mg/m3 (0.0044 gr/cu ft) for short-term exposure was lifted according to the 2019 Guide to Occupational Exposure Values ​​compiled by the ACGIH. Concentrations of 2,500 mg/m3 (1.1 gr/cu ft) and higher are indicated as imminently hazardous to life and health. However, the current toxicological data do not indicate irreversible damage to health from short-term exposure at any level; the current value of 2,500 milligrams per cubic meter (1.1 gr/cu ft) is said to be arbitrary.[9]

Applications[edit]

Biomedicine[ edit ]

laxative [edit]

Mineral oil is used as a laxative to relieve constipation by retaining water in the stool and intestines.[10] While generally considered safe, as mentioned above, there is concern that inhaling mist can lead to serious health problems such as pneumonia.[11]

Mineral oil can be administered either orally[12] or rectally.[13] It is sometimes used as a lubricant in enema preparations because most of the material ingested is excreted in the stool instead of being absorbed into the body.[14]

Personal Lubricant[ edit ]

It is recommended by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for use as a fertility-preserving vaginal lubricant.[15] However, oils are known to degrade latex condoms.[16]

cell culture [ edit ]

Special purity mineral oil is often used as a coating covering microdroplets of culture medium in petri dishes during culturing of oocytes and embryos in IVF and related procedures. The use of oil offers several advantages over the open culture system: it allows multiple oocytes and embryos to be cultured simultaneously but observed separately in the same dish; it minimizes concentration and pH changes by preventing evaporation of the medium; it allows for a significant reduction in the volume of medium used (as little as 20 microliters (0.0012 cu in) per oocyte instead of several milliliters for batch culture); and it serves as a temperature buffer, minimizing thermal shock to the cells while the dish is removed from the incubator for observation.

Veterinary Medicine[edit]

Over-the-counter mineral oil for veterinary use is intended as a mild laxative for pets and livestock.[17] Certain mineral oils are used in cattle vaccines as an adjuvant to stimulate a cell-mediated immune response to the vaccine at the shank, toes and webbed feet. Mineral oil smothers these tiny parasites.[18] In beekeeping, food grade paper napkins soaked in mineral oil and placed in beehives are used to treat tracheal mites and mites other than lizards and snakes. [citation required]

cosmetics [edit]

Mineral oil is a common ingredient in baby lotions, cold creams, ointments and cosmetics. It is a lightweight, inexpensive oil that is odorless and tasteless. It can be used on eyelashes to prevent brittleness and brittleness and is also used in Cold Cream to remove cream makeup and temporary tattoos. One of the most common concerns about using mineral oil is its presence on several lists of comedogenic substances [citation needed]. These lists of comedogenic substances were developed many years ago and are frequently cited in the dermatological literature.

The type of highly refined and purified mineral oil found in cosmetics and skin care products is non-comedogenic (does not clog pores).[19]

Mechanical, electrical and industrial[ edit ]

An electric heater that uses mineral oil as the heat transfer fluid

Mineral oil is used in a variety of industrial/mechanical capacities as a non-conductive coolant or thermal fluid in electrical components because it does not conduct electricity and displaces air and water. Some examples are in transformers, where it is known as transformer oil, and in high-voltage switchgear, where mineral oil is used as an insulator and as a coolant to dissipate switching arcs.[20] The dielectric constant of mineral oil ranges from 2.3 at 50 °C (122 °F) to 2.1 at 200 °C (392 °F).[21]

Mineral oil is used as a lubricant, cutting fluid and as a conditioning oil for jute fibers selected for textile production, a process known as “jute batching”.[22] Spindle oils are light mineral oils used as lubricants in the textile industry. Electric space heaters sometimes use mineral oil as the heat transfer oil. Because it is incompressible, mineral oil is used as a hydraulic fluid in hydraulic machines and vehicles.

An often-cited limitation of mineral oil is that it is poorly biodegradable; in some applications, vegetable oils such as cottonseed oil or canola oil can be used instead.[23]

Meal preparation[edit]

Because of its properties that prevent water absorption, combined with its lack of taste and odor, food-grade mineral oil is a popular preservative for wooden cutting boards, salad bowls, and utensils. Regularly rubbing a small amount of mineral oil into a wooden kitchen utensil prevents the absorption of food liquids and thus food odors, which facilitates the process of hygienically cleaning wooden utensils and utensils. Using mineral oil to prevent water absorption can also prevent cracks and cracks from forming in wooden utensils due to humidification and drying cycles. However, some of the mineral oil used for these items is absorbed by food when it comes into contact with it and is therefore absorbed.

Outside the European Union, mineral oil is occasionally used in the food industry, especially confectionery. In this application it is typically used for the glossy effect it creates and to prevent the candy pieces from sticking together. Its use in infant formula has been discouraged[24] although it can still be found in many confectionery products, including Swedish fish.[25] The use of food grade mineral oil is self-limiting due to its laxative effects. The maximum daily intake is calculated to be around 100 mg (1.5 g), of which around 80 mg (1.2 g) comes from use on machinery in the baking industry.[14]

Other uses[ edit ]

Applying mineral oil to a butcher block countertop

The ubiquity of mineral oil has led to its use in some niche applications:

See also[edit]