For Those Who Feed Others Disco Dust - Page 11  

Fine, eat all YOU want.............BUT DON'T FEED IT TO ANYONE ELSE UNLESS YOU DISCLOSE TO THEM THAT IT IS PLASTIC.

 

Glad your colonoscopy is clear NOW.  Per my MD/MPH DH, all it takes is one particle stuck in your appendix or diverticulum (too high in your system to be seen on a colonoscopy....) to set you up for a mighty (possibly life threatening) infection. 

 

But, hey, the world is full of risk takers, so go for it.  Personally, I don't want to every have to say, "Well, I was told about it and I should have known better, but I just couldn't stop myself............"

 

Rae
 

That argument doesn't work very well, since I could say that you have absolutely zero authority to state DD does post a health threat, and your posts are all your opinion. Same for a local health dept unless said health dept has jurisdiction over your business.

Or to restate the summary from "Cakepro" another way,

Just because something isn't guaranteed to kill you, or even to make you violently ill, doesn't make it "Good Eats." What part of "plastic filings are not food" don't you get?

 

(I could go into detail on the kinds of crud I try to keep out of my food, and the efforts I support to keep crud out of everybody's food, despite the fact that I'm no health food fanatic, but that would be off-topic.)

Correct, according to the current opinion of the FDA.

What, is it likely to change?

It has in the past on many different occasions. If the FDA studies DD and determines that it is not harmful above a certain concentration then it will publish new guidelines accordingly.

But until (if) that happens, decorators should either use safe alternatives or only use DD on items that will not be consumed. And that's my opinion.

...........I also purchased little jars of glitter called Sunflower Sugar Art and it says made in the USA. Any idea if these are edible?...........

 

I am almost sure that Sunflower Sugar Art is a very good complany.  I will depend on exactly what you purchased.  If it's really glitter as in DD & opposed to dust such as Wilton;s so colled glitter, then most likely it is just another version of DD - probably the exact same, just repackaged. 

Maybe it's made out of vegetable plastics

I've read a lot of this thread, but not all of it, so please excuse me if this has already been mentioned.  I'm just a hobby baker, and new to to the hobby for the most part, but I saw this link this morning and thought it might be helpful to some of you:

 

http://www.lindyscakes.co.uk/2011/08/08/making-edible-metallic-glitter-a-recipe/

 

It provides a recipe for making your own glitter at home, using gum arabic and luster dust.  Completely edible, apparently.

 

 

brilliant

 

that's why i was trying to get some edible dust recently to concoct something with the gum arabic

 

so glad that you posted this, Doc!! hurray for Lindy!!!

 

back in the day they brushed the mixture onto the surface of an upturned stainless steel bowl

before we had the lovely silicone mats

i think they just let it air dry

maybe they baked it

that's what i was gonna experiment with

 

but yay--already there for us--yay!!!

You also use wilton gumtex instead of gum arqbic to make your own glitter, but it isn't as sparkly as the plastic version. Most people want the sparkle, so that's why we need to tell them what it's made of since they probably have no idea.

I think the discussion here has run it's course.  Good, bad or otherwise, thank you all for participating and thank you Dr_Hfuhruhurr for posting that recipe.  I think it's a great positive note to end on.