FOOD GRADE INK JET INKS FLUIDS FOR PRINTING ON EDIBLE SUBSTRATES

• Main Authors: MARTIN, PENNY, F, LEE, CONSTANCE, L, FABIAN, BENEDICT, D, FATHOLLAHI, ZAHRA, S, BAYDO, ROBERT, A, GRAFF, DIANE, V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.01.2010
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; PREPARATION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

Food grade colored fluids which include food grade dyes and food grade glycols are provided. Also provided are methods for applying the food grade colored fluids directed to the surface of an edible substrate, and edible substrates having the food grade colored fluids applied to a surface thereof. In some embodiments the food grade colored fluids include a surface tension modifier to reduce their surface tensions. The food grade colored fluids may optionally include glycerine and water. In one embodiment, the food grade glycol makes up at least about 25 wt. % of the colored fluid and water makes up no more than about 35 wt. % of the colored fluid.