Why Edible Glitter Bleeds Color Into Icing
Why does edible glitter colour bleed into icing overnight? Usually because water got involved — and often because the colour that moved was never in the glitter. Mica-based pearlescent pigment is almost insoluble in water. It sits on a surface rather than dissolving into one, so on its own it has nothing to migrate with. When colour creeps outwards after decorating, two things are almost always involved: moisture, which softens a set sugar surface and carries whatever is soluble sideways, and the gel colour already in tinted buttercream or royal icing, which very often travels upward into the…
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