Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Hi guys
I have seen some commercially produced "Unicorn Tears" gin. It is iridescent and the colours swirl around. There was also a commercial product called Viniq ( moscato and gin and some sort of flavouring). It seems that you can recreate this effect with lustre dust from the cake decorating shops - but this is very expensive for tiny quantities. I think that it is the titanium dioxide that gives the swirly effect. You can buy that from cake decorating suppliers. It is used to make buttercream icing whiter ( among other things).
Before I start my own series of experiments I thought I would check with the forum first to see if any one has tried this.

Cheers
Carol

Sounds pretty cool

Cant say ive seen anything anywhere on doing that, people seem to concentrate on getting rid of the louche lols, probably as its more a presentation/marketing gimick thing than a flavour contribution

Just lightly coat the bottle and pretend its in the drink? lols

Found these guys https://www.goldleaf.com.au/edible-mica-pigments, they have a few different shimmers

Lustre dust is one name used for it, cheap as for the effect. The chunkier ones are not as good as the fine ones. My adult child measures it out using a tooth pick, it takes that little.

Wasn’t titanium dioxide a questionable chemical in women’s makeup and nail polish :o
Don’t think I would knowingly be ingesting too much of it.....

Hi Maxxx
It seems that there are various grades of titanium dioxide and the one used for cake decorating is food grade. As far as I can tell a very small amount goes a long way. It seems that it is used in a lot of food already - I think it is listed as E171. More research needed on my part.
Cheers
Carol

Betty Crocker pre-made icing lists it as an ingredient.
Not endorsing it just making mention.