Food Coloring Gel Vs Liquid. Like plain liquid dye, it's sold in small dropper bottles. Ideal for tinting hard candy & lollipops, frostings, cakes, cookies, ice cream, and Easter eggs (mix with water and vinegar).
Use as extra-strength liquid colors, gel food colors, and powder food colors. Start with just a tiny bit on the end of a spoon and add more in tiny amounts as necessary. Pros: The color in liquid gel dye is more concentrated than traditional liquid food colorings, so you need less, which is important in recipes where you want to minimize the amount of liquid added (such as in candy or icing recipes).
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Liquid Food Colors Traditionally a mixture of synthetic colouring and water, liquid food colors are the most commonly available food colors in the markets today.
Red stayed true, as did yellow, but blue turned purple. Use as extra-strength liquid colors, gel food colors, and powder food colors. It is more concentrated than liquid food color.