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Oil-based food coloring for chocolate, ganaches, and high-fat preparations.
Colour Mill Midnight is a concentrated oil-soluble food coloring in a 20 ml dropper bottle. Its oil-based formula blends directly into chocolate, cocoa butter, ganaches, and high-fat creams without causing the mixture to seize. The Midnight shade is a very deep blue-black, even darker than Navy.
20 ml
Volume
Oil-soluble
Type
Features
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients: Humectant: E422, vegetable oil (rapeseed), colors: E172, E132, E120, emulsifiers: E322, E433.
Please note: This coloring is oil-soluble and will not dissolve in a water-based preparation (royal icing, syrup). Shake the bottle before use and add the color gradually: it is easier to darken a shade that is too light than to lighten a base that is already too intense. Store away from light and heat, with the bottle tightly closed.
Frequently asked questions
Gradually dilute it in white chocolate or a neutral base, adding the coloring drop by drop: Midnight builds in intensity quickly, so it is best to start with a small amount and darken it rather than the other way around.
Midnight is oil-soluble: it binds with fats (chocolate, cocoa butter, high-fat creams). A water-soluble coloring dissolves in water and is suitable for preparations such as royal icing; the two are not interchangeable.
Yes, Midnight can be mixed directly into melted couverture chocolate before molding without changing its texture or interfering with release from the mold when added in a reasonable amount.
