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Oil-based food coloring for chocolate, ganaches, and high-fat mixtures.
Colour Mill Lilac is a concentrated oil-soluble food coloring in a 20 ml dropper bottle. Its oil-based formula blends directly into chocolate, cocoa butter, ganaches, and high-fat creams without causing the mixture to seize. The Lilac shade is a light mauve, slightly pinker than Lavender.
Ingredients: Humectant: E422, vegetable oil (rapeseed), colorants: E120, E133, emulsifiers: E322, E433.
Gradually mix it into white chocolate or a neutral base, adding the colorant drop by drop: the Lilac intensity builds quickly, so it’s best to start with a small amount and darken rather than the other way around.
Lilac is oil-soluble: it binds with fats (chocolate, cocoa butter, rich creams). A water-soluble colorant, on the other hand, dissolves in water and is suitable for preparations such as royal icing; the two are not interchangeable.
Yes, Lilac can be mixed directly into melted couverture chocolate before molding, without changing its texture or affecting setting and release from the mold when used in reasonable amounts.
