…I have found some of these ingredients in cake mixes I have consumed, aluminum sulfate
http://www.aciscience.org/docs/Glycerine_-_an_overview.pdf
A DIRECT PLASTICIZING EFFECT is produced in most applications for glycerine as
a humectant-plasticizer because glycerine and water act together to promote
softness and flexibility and to prevent drying out. These applications include
promotes softness personal products such as cosmetic creams, lotions, capsules, and dentifrices,
andflexibility edibles such as candy and cough drops, cigarette tobacco, and industrial materials
such as cellophane,
