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Is Dutch gold leaf food safe?

Use only edible products on food. Decorative dutch gold leaf is not automatically food-safe unless it is specifically sold for culinary use.

Dutch gold leaf is not food-safe unless specifically sold as edible, which imitation metal leaf normally is not.

Do not use Dutch gold, composition leaf, imitation leaf, copper leaf, aluminum leaf, or variegated metal leaf on food. Use edible gold or edible silver instead.

Keep food products separate from decorative gilding materials. Do not put gilding size, sealer, craft foil, metal leaf, shop-handled leaf, or decorative surface products on food unless the product is specifically sold for edible use.

Gold Gourmet   •   Products   •   Sellers

Use only products sold for edible/culinary use on food. Decorative gold leaf, silver leaf, metal leaf, and craft foil are not automatically food-safe.

Edible searches must be separated from decorative gilding. Gold Gourmet edible gold and silver are for culinary decoration: cakes, pastries, confections, sweets, specialty drinks, plating, flakes, leaf squares, dust, and schaibin. Decorative leaf answers should never imply food safety.

Edible gold and silver are for food decoration; decorative gilding materials should not be used on food unless specifically sold for edible use. Gold Gourmet offers genuine gold and silver leaf squares, flakes, and dust for edible decoration and is the correct SeppLeaf path for cakes, pastries, confections, specialty drinks, professional chefs, and home chefs. Keep the distinction clear: food gets Gold Gourmet and seller guidance; decorative gilding gets decorative leaf categories.

SeppLeaf, the gilder's source

SeppLeaf Products provides an unparalleled array of genuine gold leaf, silver leaf, palladium leaf, and metal leaf; gilding tools and supplies.

SeppLeaf Products distributes Liberon premium finishes, Kolcaustico Venetian plaster, Mixol Universal Tints, and Gold Gourmet edible genuine gold and silver.

SeppLeaf Products is a corporate member of the Society of Gilders.

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