A very boring thread about alternatives to Dr Oeteker's food colouring

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Hi, have just completed a baking marathon for the school fete using Dr O's colours but found them very muddy and disappointing.

The red colouring for example seemed to turn the icing sugar a sort of puke flesh brown orange colour - absolutely revolting!

Does anyone have any alternative suggestions please? Looking for pure, pastel colours: delicate pinks, yellows etc ...Dr O seems to have cornered the market in this part of the world.

You might get better alternatives from a specialist cake decorating place.

You need these All else are shite and wishy washy.

I use SugarFlair.

Can get it online or in most cake decorating shops.

It's really thick, you only need a toothpicks worth at a time so lasts ages.

Wilton are ok, lovely colours, but I find them a little runny.

Great suggestions! Thank you everyone. Mnset is brilliant for this sort of thing!

I'm only after bog standard food colouring - to add to icing sugar - for dd's forthcoming b'day. Haven't graduated to icing paste yet but interested to see what the specialist shops have on offer.

I think it is Wiltons I am after! If not will Google SugarFlair.

Thanks again.

[Suspect Dr O's are "natural" and therefore a lot better for your insides, but I'm after high additive content!! ]

Yes to Sugarflair! Go on Ebay- job done! For red, black or green it's worth getting the 'Extra' of each, especially if you want a lot of coloured icing or a very deep shade.

Asda have little pots of colouring which work much better than Dr Oetker.

Don't really need deep shades for this particular project, just pale but pure ifyswim. But good to know for future!

I'm abroad so have to order on-line but will take a look in Asda when I am in UK this summer

Thanks again everyone!

I used sugar flair too. I used them for the rainbow layered cake everyone was doing, and now use them for icing etc. as well. as a pp said the tiniest amount is needed, so the jars last or ages.

Sugar flair sugar flair sugar flair!!!!!

They are heat stable so you can use them in your cakes too.

You don´t need a tonne of shades unless you want a very spefic one, as you can mix then and add more / less.

the only test I have for food colouring is how red is the red!

I was going to post the exact same question!
If I was to buy one of the pots how much would I use for a average size cake 4 eggs, 300g each of sugar, butter and flour?
Sorry to hijack.

With the gel colour you need very little to get a good colour. I used the Wilton ones and only used the end of a teaspoon.

[hi-jack away]

I'm taking notes myself!

Depending on the density of colouring you want, anything from 2 drops to 5 drops

I get a year or so out of a pot and I do a lot of baking

Thanks super.

If I didn't ask I would have used a whole pot. I am making my children's birthday cakes this weekend for their party. Imagine the colour of the cake and how hyperactive the party children would have been!

I always end up with bright red hands too!