1000+ questions about gold, silver, and metal leaf; gilding supplies, tools, techniques; edibles; craftwork; and troubleshooting.
Use only edible products on food. Decorative gold leaf packs are not automatically food-safe unless it is specifically sold for culinary use.
Gold leaf packs are edible only when sold as edible gold leaf or culinary gold.
Decorative gold leaf should not be used on food unless it is specifically sold for edible use. Use edible gold for cakes, sweets, drinks, and plated food.
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.
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.