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CONFECTIONERY COLORS:-
The following are
excellent and entirely harmless coloring agents for the purposes named:
1. Red: -
Cochineal syrup prepared as follows:
Cochineal, in coarse
Powder………………… 6 parts
Potassium carbonate…. 2 parts
Distilled water………… 15 parts
Alcohol………………… 12 parts
Simple syrup enough
To make … … … …........500 parts
Rub up the potassium
carbonate and the cochineal together, adding the water and alcohol, little,
under constant trituration.
Set aside over night, then add the syrub and
filter.
2.
Pink: -
Carmine………………. 1
part
Liquor potassae……… 6 parts
Rose water, enough
To make……………..... 48 parts
Mix: - Should the
color be too high, dilute with water until the requisite tint is acquired.
3.
Orange: -
Tincture of red sandal wood, 1 part; ethereal tincture of Orleans, quantity
add the tincture of Orleans to the sandalwood
incture until the desired
shade of orange is obtained.
A red added to any
of the yellows gives an orange color. The aniline colors made by the
“Aktiengesellschaft fur Aniline –
Fabrication,” of Berlin, are absolutely
non-toxic, and can be used for the purposes recommended, i. e., the
coloration of
syrups, cakes, candies, etc., with perfect confidence in their innocuity.
4.
Pastille Yellow:-
Citron yellow
II……… 7 parts
Grape sugar, first,
Quality……………….. 1 part
White dextrin………… 2 parts
5.
Yellowish Rose:-
Rosa II……………….... 60 parts
Citron yellow…………. 5 parts
White dextrin…………. 30 parts
Potato flour…………… 5 parts
6.
Violet:-
Red violet……………..
65 parts
White dextrin………… 30 parts
Potato flour…………… 5 parts
7.
Yellow:-
Various
shades of yellow may be obtained by the maceration of Besiello saffron, or
grains d’ Avignon in alcohol until a
strong tincture is obtained. Dilute
with water until the desired shade is obtained. An aqueous solution of quercitrine also
gives an excellent yellow.
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