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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 tincture 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.