Mark & Juanita wrote:
Interesting, that raises another question, if the melting point of
shellac is so high, how do candies and medications that are coated with
shellac ever get digested?

Ads for candies that "melt in your mouth" notwithstanding, digestion has
little to do with melting. The human digestive tract subjects food to a
sequence of acids and enzymes which break it down by chemical means.