Description
Food grade titanium dioxide, also known as titanium dioxide, TiO2, titanium white, or colour additive E171, is a fine white mineral powder used to brighten and whiten foods and decorative baking products. It is derived from naturally occurring titanium minerals and processed into a highly refined pigment used across food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
In baking and cake decorating it is commonly used to intensify white colour in fondant, buttercream, icing, modelling paste and chocolate coatings. It can also be mixed into sugar decorations, confectionery coatings and dessert fillings to create a brighter, more opaque white finish.
Beyond bakery use, titanium dioxide is widely used as a pigment and opacifier in foods such as sweets, sauces and dairy desserts, and in non food products including cosmetics, toothpaste, sunscreen and pharmaceuticals.
