food color
Noun
Meaning
a digestible substance used to give color to food
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Examples
food color made from vegetable dyes
Add the food color to color the base a nice orange.
Add the lavender gel food color a little at a time until the desired hue is achieved.
At 280°F add a drop of green gel food color and stir; add flavoring oil and stir.
It is difficult to quantify, so try this: dip the end of a toothpick into the gel food color in a scooping motion.
It takes a lot of green food color to get a rich hue, and that can make the fondant really sticky.