DESCRIPTION

Mineral Oil, Medium and Low Viscosity occurs as a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, free or nearly free from fluorescence. It is a mixture of refined liquid hydrocarbons, essentially paraffinic and naphthenic in nature, obtained from petroleum by solvent extraction and/or crystallization with subsequent purification by acid treatment and/or hydrogen treatment. It has an initial boiling point above 200°. Its average molecular weight is between 300 and 500. It is insoluble in water and in alcohol, is soluble in volatile oils, and is miscible with most fixed oils, but not with castor oil. It may contain any antioxidant permitted in food in an amount not greater than that required to produce its intended effect.