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Healthy Swaps – Food Colouring

June 30, 2014 · 14 Comments

Natural New Age Mum's Healthy Swaps

Ta Da……….!!!

I am doing a new little section on the blog called NNAM’s Healthy Swaps. I did one of these graphics on Facebook the other day and the response was overwhelming and you all wanted me to do more, so here we are!

So, my swap today is all about food colouring.

What’s wrong with food colouring?

Well, it’s nasty. “Artificial food colours have been shown in repeated scientific studies to affect children’s behaviour and learning” Sue Dengate, Fed Up. They can cause hyperactivity and other symptoms, but there is also concern about long term cumulative effects. Read more here.

Try to avoid artificial colours as much as you can both in processed foods and in it’s basic form from the supermarket. Specifically, avoid the numbers 102, 104, 107, 110, 122, 123, 124, 127, 129, 132, 133, 142, 143, 151, 153, 155, 160b (Annatto), 173, 174, 175.

Hoppers Food Colouring

What do you use instead?

Hopper’s Natural Food Colouring!! Sometimes, especially for parties, you will want to colour food, so it’s a great alternative.

“Hopper natural colours are actually ‘colouring foodstuffs’ concentrates made from fruits and vegetables such as elderberries, pumpkins, carrots and red cabbage. Because they are a colours extracted nature they are classified as food ingredients not ‘additives’ which are represented by a number or and E-number.
Hopper natural colours are derived using a water extraction process, solvents or chemicals are not used in the manufacturing process, and they do not contain any artificial functional additives.”
You may be able to source it from your local health food store. Happy Tummies, the online allergy expert store stock the Hopper’s range of natural sprinkles and decorations. Find it here.

Want more additive free party ideas?

♥ Healthy Kid’s Party Food
♥ Healthy and Eco-Friendly Kid’s Party Bags
♥ Let’s Party Additive Free book
♥ Happy Tummies blog
[box] HOT TIP: Don’t throw out all your old food colouring, use it for craft instead![/box]

 

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  1. Mardi says

    June 30, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    Great tip thank you.

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      June 30, 2014 at 4:53 pm

      thanks Mardi!! x

      Reply
  2. Sharon says

    June 30, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    Hopper colours are great! I won’t let me kids have the other colourings. I do freeze my hopper bottles though and take them out of the freezer a few minutes before I want to use them. They keep such a long time in there.

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      June 30, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      that is an awesome tip – thanks so much Sharon!! x

      Reply
  3. Zena says

    June 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    I’ve been using Hoppers range for a few years now and before I discovered them I would only use chocolate or butter icing. Unfortunately the nasty chemical ones are in the supermarket and people use these all the time and usually on top of boxed cake mixes so children get a big dose of chemicals. I wish Hoppers was in the supermarkets!

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 1, 2014 at 10:20 am

      Won’t it be great when the chemical free stuff is the norm in the supermarket? we can only dream! x

      Reply
  4. Giorgia says

    July 1, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    Are the colours still as bright as the chemical ones? I brought some of the natural colours in Coles and the colours are quite dull and boring I was trying to make a Dorothy the dinosaur cake and it just wasn’t the same bright green.

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 1, 2014 at 5:07 pm

      Yes, they are pretty good

      Reply
  5. Molly says

    July 4, 2014 at 8:31 am

    Wow, I’m excited to track these down. I didn’t know they existed. I limit the use of colouring as I don’t like them. Only use on birthday cakes. I hope we have a stockist around my area. Thanks so much 🙂

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 5, 2014 at 10:22 am

      Hey Molly, I haven’t seen them in my area, but take a look in the health food stores, otherwise they are online 🙂

      Reply
  6. Laura says

    July 6, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    Thanks for sharing where to get these Son! I only use colours once a year on the boy’s birthday cakes, and I make sure they avoid eating too much of the icing. It’s nice to know where I can get the alternatives!!

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 7, 2015 at 3:15 pm

      I love supporting the little companies making a difference too! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Anna says

    July 18, 2015 at 8:02 am

    I love this. Thank you. Although I did read an article recently where the bad food colours caused a terrible rash just from contact. …so be watchful if using in playdoh or such ☺

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 21, 2015 at 1:25 pm

      Oh dear – this stuff truly is terrible isn’t it!

      Reply

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