Dairy Products

Liquid dyes are recommended for dairy products. Color quantity needs to be regulated to maintain softer hues. Most of the dairy products like oil based coatings, retorted milk products, sauces, wax coating for cheese and cheese are coated with lakes rather than dyes.

Lakes do not bleed and maintain the variegation in sauces and yogurts. The wax coating for cheese is colored brightly with the food grade lakes.