Glycerine is a clear, colourless, viscous liquid. Also known as glycerol, 1,2,3 propanetriol and glycerin. Miscible with water and with alcohol, slightly soluble in acetone, practically insoluble in fatty oils and in essential oils. Solvent for chemicals, particularly flavourings; humectant (keeping foods moist) in marshmallows, pastilles and jelly-sweets; sweetener (about 0.6 times as sweet as cane sugar); bodying agent in combination with gelatins and edible gums; plasticiser in edible coatings for meat and cheese