Food coloring allows us to bring new life to intricately decorated sugar cookies, gelatin desserts, and the frosting used to decorate layer cakes and cupcakes—and so much more. They’re a fun way to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your kid’s birthday is around the corner and, right on cue, she wants a cake that’s as unique as she is—sorry, supermarket sheet ...

Use pantry staples to tint frostings, doughs, and more — no additives required. Lately, I’ve been taken with natural food coloring — and not just because there’s been a lot of conversation about food ...

A staple memory from my childhood is of class holiday parties in which one parent would throw caution (and nutrition) to the wind and bring boxes of Lofthouse cookies in. We’d devour those cakelike ...

I didn’t realize how ungroovy my cookie game was until I saw Rick Martinez’s Tie-Dye Butter Cookies on the cover of the December issue. Swirled with licks of hot pink and cobalt blue icing, they were ...

Ms. Rountree said DDW this year launched a food color powder derived from a purple corn hybrid that potentially can be a cost-effective alternative to red No. 40. The ...

Annatto is a natural food coloring and spice derived from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana). "Achiote" is the Spanish word for annatto. About 70% of natural food colors come from annatto.

FOOD MAKERS wishing to impart a bright hue to their products can choose from among a full range of synthetic colorings. But changing consumer preferences and the specter of new regulations have sent ...