Things to know about vegan food colouring

Generally, this vegan food colouring refers to the natural food dye, it is a plant-based and artificial food dye, which is restricted not to use of any animal products. Moreover, all food dyes remain vegan. Although these vegan food colouring may not have the same bright colour as another artificial food colouring. Most, natural food colouring is vegan, as they are directly extracted from plants, vegetable and fruits.

What is Food Colouring?

Food colouring gives a naturally beautiful colour to your baked foods, like ice creams, cake, frosting cream, whipping cream, and many desserts. But, the essential thing to notice is, that you need to choose between natural colours and artificial colour dyes. Although all food colours available in the market are safe to consume, depending upon the consumer’s food allergies.

Is food colour safe to use?

If you prefer to be an ethical vegan, you should be conscious when choosing natural and artificial food colours. For instance, a beet juice colour is a natural colour, when seen in the deep process of this natural colour dye, the insect blend colour is marketed as natural colouring. On the other hand, planet, vegetables juice based colours will be the better option for those who follow the vegan diet.

Since vegetable juice colour and your everyday food colour typically remain natural and free from artificial flavours and additives, you will be fine to eat them. However, artificial food colours sold in grocery stores will also be safe since they will have been tested before being shipped and put on the shelf. 

In general, colour additives are added to foods for many reasons including:

• To make food more attractive, appealing, carving when we see the food, unique design, innovative taste and informative.
• Neutralizes colour loss due to exposure to light, air, temperature, moisture, and storage conditions of food items.
• Correct natural variations in colour
• Enhance colours that occur naturally
• Provide colour to colourless and “fun” foods
• Allow consumers to identify products on sight, like candy flavours or medicine dosages

When to use food colouring?

The most common additives like glycerine are harmful to human health, especially when consumed with the pre-existence of any health issues in our body. So be careful, before you start baking and adding food colour to your recipe.

This is because glycerine can raise the sugar level in your blood. For example, if you are a diabetic, you need to keep your blood sugar levels in control to lead a healthy life. Food colours in candy, desserts, cakes as well as other animal-derived ingredients, are bad enough without the rest of the ingredient list included as sweet treats. 

Final Thoughts:

To conclude, natural/vegan and artificial food colours are typically best for baking purposes, rather than cooking. Cakes and cookies made with sweetened dyes are better than meat and side dishes. Still, if you want to give a beautiful and attractive colour to a dessert food like ice cream, cakes, cookies, frosting cream, and so on, then feel free to add a drop of colour from your food dye bottle.