What you need to know about natural colors

Coloring cake batter, buttercream frosting, and the dough while baking can help reflect personality and style. With the help of food coloring, rainbow cakes are stunning, red velvet cakes look passionate, and gradient cakes are exceptionally wonderful.

People often can't figure out which colors are healthy and safe, or how to use them properly.

Food colorings are food additives that can be consumed in moderation and also change the original color of food to some extent. There are two kinds of food coloring: natural and synthetic. Among them, natural food coloring is non-toxic and safe for the human body.

Natural food coloring is obtained from natural resources. The colors are mainly extracted from animal and plant and microorganisms (cultures), the majority of which are plant colors. Natural colors not only have the function of coloring food, but also a considerable part of natural colors have physiological activity.

What are the most common natural colors used in baked products?

Beet red color, sorghum red, turmeric, sodium copper chlorophyllin, cochineal red, cochineal orange, grape skin red color, gardenia blue color, etc.

What are the common natural colors used in pastry?

Beet red color, sorghum red color, turmeric, sodium copper chlorophyllin, cochineal red, carmine orange, grape skin red color, gardenia blue color, vegetable carbon black, radish red color, gardenia yellow, cocao color, paprika oleorisin red, gardenia blue, paprika orange.

These are common natural colors used in cookies:

Beet red color, sorghum red color, citrus yellow, turmeric, sodium copper chlorophyllin, cochineal red, cochineal orange, grape skin red color, gardenia blue,caramel color, cocao color, paprika orange, paprika oleorisn red, sodium copper chlorophyllin, vegetable carbon black, gardenia yellow color.

These are commonly used natural colors for baked goods filling and surface with hanging paste:

Beet red color, sorghum red color, citrus yellow, turmeric, sodium copper chlorophyllin, cochineal red, carmine orange, grape skin red, gardenia blue, red currant red, cocoa shell color, chile orange, chile red, gardenia yellow, gardenia blue, caramel color.