What are the dyes used in candy making?!
What are the dyes used in candy making?
Answers:
I own a candy factory. We use flavoring agents and Colorants. No dyes. however I guess you are talking about colorants.
Colorants can be artificial : chemically produced molecules [some of which can be harmful though].
Colorants can [and this is the trend nowadays] be extracted from vegetables and fruits. For example, carotenoids, extracted from Carrots [obviously] can be used for red. so on so forth
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Colors for use in Food and Confectionary Applications
Most food and confectionery products available today are made using artificial food color. There are only seven Certified Dyes that can be used in the United States:
FD&C Red 3 (Pink shade)
FD&C Red 40 (Red shade)
FD&C Yellow 5 (Yellow shade)
FD&C Yellow 6 (Orange shade)
FD&C Blue 1 (Blue shade)
FD&C Blue 2 (Dark Blue shade)
FD&C Green 3 (Bluish green shade)
my opinion would be just some of ur favorite colors. or some fun colors like red orange yellow make them fit together dont do like brown red purple. is there specific candy??if so ill write back.o sry i get it i like what sam d had to say yeah i would go with their answer.sorry i didnt get what u meant.
Many candies contain colored dyes. Bags of M&Ms or Skittles contain candies of various colors. The labels tell us the names of the dyes used in the candies. But which dyes are used in which candies? We can answer this by dissolving the dyes out of the candies and separating them using a method called chromatography.
For this experiment you will need:
? M&M or Skittles candies (1 of each color)
? coffee filter paper
? a tall glass
? water
? table salt
? a pencil(a pen or marker is not good for this experiment)
? scissors
? a ruler
? 6 toothpicks
? aluminum foil
? an empty 2 liter bottle with cap
Cut the coffee filter paper into a 3 inch by 3 inch (8 cm by 8 cm) square. Draw a line with the pencil about ? inch (1 cm) from one edge of the paper. Make six dots with the pencil equally spaced along the line, leaving about ? inch (0.5 cm) between the first and last dots and the edge of the paper. Below the line, use the pencil to label each dot for the different colors of candy that you have. For example, Y for yellow, G for green, BU for blue, BR for brown, etc.
Next we’ll make solutions of the colors in each candy. Take an 8 inch by 4 inch (20 cm by 10 cm) piece of aluminum foil and lay it flat on a table. Place six drops of water spaced evenly along the foil. Place one color of candy on each drop. Wait about a minute for the color to come off the candy and dissolve in the water. Remove and dispose of the candies.
Food colouring.
artificial flavoring