Edible glitters are a fairly recent development, released in 2012. Edible glitters are food products which are digestible by the body and made solely of ingredients which are food based. Typically they're made from either sugar or gum arabic, with licensed colours and other coatings to give the sparkle. They tend to be granular, rather than in flake form (although there are also edible flakes available from Magic Sparkles), and they're generally not as sparkly as the non toxic glitters. We currently sell edible glitters from Rainbow Dust, Baker's Toolkit and Twinkle Bakershop.
The non toxic glitters that we supply are food contact approved non-digestible glitters made from non food components. The base product is a craft based cosmetic glitter, similar to that found in craft shops, but there are two key differences. Firstly the range (made by Rainbow Dust) has passed food contact safety testing, which means that nothing they contain will transfer to the body if ingested, or cause harm. Secondly the flake size is much smaller than craft glitters, meaning that very little has to be used to achieve a significant sparkle. These non toxic glitters were developed to be used on demonstration cakes and on decorations which are removed before the cake is consumed- for example, on mock layers on wedding cakes. While non toxic glitters should not harm if eaten, they are not intended for consumption and the Food Standards Agency recommends that they're not used on products made to be eaten.
As a rule of thumb, if you want to use glitter commercially, you should only use truly edible glitters. If you're baking for home use, and are happy to ingest something which will not break down in the body as a food product, then you can consider the Rainbow Dust non toxic glitters. Be aware that to comply with legislation, these glitters are marked as not for consumption on the pot.
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Edible glitters are a fairly recent development, released in 2012. Edible glitters are food products which are digestible by the body and made solely of ingredients which are food based. Typically they're made from either sugar or gum arabic, with licensed colours and other coatings to give the sparkle. They tend to be granular, rather than in flake form (although there are also edible flakes available from Magic Sparkles), and they're generally not as sparkly as the non toxic glitters. We currently sell edible glitters from Rainbow Dust, Baker's Toolkit and Twinkle Bakershop. The non toxic glitters that we supply are food contact approved non-digestible glitters made from non food components.
