What Color Additives Are in Edible Glitter?

Podcast: The Monégasque Table · MONÉGASQUE

Opublikowano: 2026-09-27

What color additives are in edible glitter? Two kinds of thing — a mineral pigment for the shimmer, and food dyes for the color. Across the whole MONÉGASQUE line the declared palette runs to seven items and no more: mica-based pearlescent pigments, iron oxide, titanium dioxide, and FD&C Red No. 40, Blue No. 1, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6. The mica is the sparkle, the flat light-bouncing base everything rides on. Titanium dioxide is the white that makes a powder read bright rather than dull. Iron oxide is the warm one, where gold and bronze come from. The FD&C dyes are...