What Natural Product Can I Use Instead of Food Coloring?

Using beets in cooking recipies instead of food coloring can help dye foods red.

For individuals wishing to eat all-natural foods, baking with food coloring can be a challenge. You can color your cooking using natural foods that contain dyes. These dyes will tint the food in place of food coloring.

Examples

Avocados may be used to make natural dyes more pastel.

Most fruits and vegetables contain natural pigments, that give the foods their color. Examples of these pigments include red dye in beets, blue in blueberries and yellow in turmeric. You can make these shades more pastel by adding avocado.

Drawbacks

Colors made from vegetables may not be as bright or mix as well as food coloring made from artificial colors. Food coloring made from vegetables may add unwanted flavors.

Prevention/Solution

Making your own natural food coloring can take time and can be messy. To avoid this, you can purchase natural, organic food coloring from natural food health stores.

Warning

Because natural food coloring is made from plants, those with plant allergies should read labels carefully before using these dyes.

References

• How To Make Food Coloring
• Natural Food Colors
• 4 Natural Food Coloring Ingredients

Resources

• Food Coloring (100% All Natural / Organic)-Vegan, Gluten-free