Colour Mill in Canada: The Ultimate Oil Based Colouring Guide

If you are tired of dull coloring that does not mix well with your cake batter, frosting, or chocolate creations, Papagino brings innovative oil-based pigments from Colour Mill to Canada which should be the answer to any food colouring problems!


Using their special manufacturing process and fade-resistant formula, Colour Mill has broken away from conventional gel colours that limit your creativity with boring, grainy formulas that integrate poorly with other baking ingredients. So, what makes their products superior to other colouring products?

What is Colour Mill’s Oil-Based Food Colouring?

Food colouring is great for adding fun colours to your sweet treats, but not all colouring products are the same. Traditional water-based dyes could ruin the quality of your baked goodies, so you’ll want to use colours that are oil based instead to make beautifully coloured creations that taste as good as they look!


Papagino Foods strives to provide our customers with unique, high-quality baking ingredients that help them bring their ideas to life. Our selection of colouring products brings oil-based food colouring from Colour Mill to Canada. Their exceptional colouring products are made without any water-based materials, and their unique manufacturing process creates micro-pigments that produce rich colours without the grainy or streaked appearance of water-based dye. Their pigments are made with ingredients including glycerol, canola oil, colours, and emulsifiers that help them mix smoothly into your recipe.


Everyone knows water repels oils, which is why you’ve been struggling with poor-quality colourants from your local grocery store. By using an oil base, the formula blends seamlessly with buttery oils and fats. Colour Mill refuses to compromise on quality, which is their colours are free of any fillers or gums typically used to thicken colouring products.


Colour Mill’s products enable you to experiment with colour in your baking in fun new ways! From meringues to buttercreams, chocolates, fondant, ganaches, and any other baking mediums you dabble in, the collection of colours allow you to express your creativity however you choose.


Additionally, these pigments are safe to use with any food restrictions or practices meeting standards for the following:


  • Sugar-Free Diets
  • Vegan Diets
  • Kosher Diets
  • Halal Diets
  • Allergen Free

Colour Mill’s Innovative Products 

At Papagino Foods, we are proud to offer a wide selection of innovative food colouring products from Colour Mill in Canada. Colour Mill is an Australian-based food colouring manufacturing company with over 30 years of experience in the kitchen. Having seen many baking trends come and go, they got tired of the stagnation in colouring ingredients and the predictability of other brands’ dull colour ranges, so they decided it was time to shake things up. 


Motivated to create a fade-resistant colouring product, they developed pigment-based colouring instead of dye-based. These mix perfectly with baking ingredients and come in a wide range of colours, from dusty earth tones to bright, vibrant colours, with new ones being added regularly. Their oil-based colouring products allow you to create unique designs and rich colour palettes that are streak-free and long-lasting.

How to Use Colour Mill Oil-Based Food Colouring

Colour Mill’s food colouring products love any oils, fats, and butters in your favourite recipes, but they work best with buttercream frostings, chocolate, cocoa butter, fondant, ganache, and cake batters. 


Whether you are baking a multi-tiered cake with an earthy theme, or a decadent treat with chocolate decorations, Colour Mill’s oil-based pigments make any sweet treat pop with colour, from neons to pastels. The Olive coloured pigment is perfect for elegant floral designs that may inspire the next wedding cake you create. The Hot Pink coloured pigment is another customer favourite that will brighten any pastry or candy, no matter the occasion!


Using these pigments is simple. All you have to do is use the bottle lid to poke a hole in the seal and shake it well before use. They “pack a punch”, so when adding the pigments to your mixtures, take it slow with just a few drops at a time. 


For a muted, pastel hue, use less. The more drops you add, the more vibrant and intense the colours will be. For the best results in your experiments with our colourants, try letting your mixture sit overnight, as the dye will develop more over time.


What about storage? Don’t worry–our colourants are easy to safely store. Oil-based colouring products are shelf stable, so there is no need to refrigerate them. Just keep them in a cool, dry place like the pantry and always ensure the lid is tightened, so they do not dry out. Properly storing them will keep them at room temperature, which is the perfect consistency for buttery smooth mixtures.

Papagino Foods in Canada

At Papagino Foods, we are a family-owned company that provides the highest quality specialty products to bakeries, hotels, caterers, restaurants, and any other baking enthusiasts. We carry various products from well-respected brands across the globe, bringing products like novelty pigments from the Australian-based company Colour Mill to Canada. We are proud to offer shipping all across Canada to serve all Canadian creatives with only the best ingredients.


Get your Colour Mill oil-based food colouring from Papagino Foods so you can create fun, vibrant designs that never fade and seamlessly blend with other ingredients. Even if you don’t see the exact colour you are looking for, these pigments can be mixed together to create custom colours. Remember to keep an eye out for new colours because Colour Mill is always adding more to keep up with new trends! Â