Color from Icing on Lips and Mouth

I also use americolor. I’ve never had a customer complain about it, but I will often warn them that their tongues may get dyed if I’m using really saturated colors (navy seems to be particularly likely to dye things). Maybe remind your customer that the same thing happens when a kid eats a lollipop.

Aproned Artist posted:

I also use americolor. I’ve never had a customer complain about it, but I will often warn them that their tongues may get dyed if I’m using really saturated colors (navy seems to be particularly likely to dye things). Maybe remind your customer that the same thing happens when a kid eats a lollipop.

Thank you for responding. I explained the same thing like that. It’s same with lollipop which is only sugar and food color. I’ve never had a complain before this. It happened when she gave my cookies to her kid as a snack at school, and got warning from teacher because the color cover his lips and tongue like a cheap lollipop. I feel like it same with all the icing cookies outside. I just wondering if my icing techniques are wrong. 

If you use a large amount of coloring in your icing (i.e., to get saturated colors), then, of course, it is going to stain lips and tongues. Staining just comes with the territory. As to whether it's okay for kids to eat large amounts of artificial food coloring, that is another question . . . there is concern among many (in health professions) that it is not. I am not a doctor, and cannot comment on how much is too much, but, if you have customers concerned about the use of artificial colorings, then you should consider using natural food colorings. They too can stain, but at least parents have the assurance that their kids aren't consuming too many chemicals.

Julia M. Usher posted:

If you use a large amount of coloring in your icing (i.e., to get saturated colors), then, of course, it is going to stain lips and tongues. Staining just comes with the territory. As to whether it's okay for kids to eat large amounts of artificial food coloring, that is another question . . . there is concern among many (in health professions) that it is not. I am not a doctor, and cannot comment on how much is too much, but, if you have customers concerned about the use of artificial colorings, then you should consider using natural food colorings. They too can stain, but at least parents have the assurance that their kids aren't consuming too many chemicals.

Thank you for helping me. Never have a complain before, that’s why when it happened I become more careful, but can’t avoid for the icing to dye lips/tongue, espesially if I paint a cookies on the icing.