Coloring e-juice safely help.

[b00gym4n]

I want to change the color of my e-juice. I really don't want to use food coloring, but not sure what everyone uses.

I know most natural flavors change color after steeping, but some don't. Most of my juices are clear, but I want to have a light light pink look or extreme like neon.

Thanks in adavnce.

 

[dannyv45]

Food coloring is not recommended. There is no research stating that adding food coloring is safe to vape. So i would err on the side of caution and stay away from it until you've done some searching on the subject.

 

[b00gym4n]

Food coloring is not recommended. There is no research stating that adding food coloring is safe to vape. So i would err on the side of caution and stay away from it until you've done some searching on the subject.

I agree, but some of the most popular juices out at stores do not look natural IMO (neon green, etc). It makes your tank looks pretty cool, but there has to be something else than food coloring...

Danny I really appreciate your responses, been very helpful.

 

[dannyv45]

What ever you decide I would at the very least contact the manufacture of the color additive and ask if it's safe to vape.

 

[dannyv45]

I was looking on a site I often shop at and came across these color additives. I think this may be your best bet.

Food Coloring

 

[John_]

Whenever I vape liquid with food coloring I get nauseous. No pretty liquids for me.

 

[dannyv45]

Whenever I vape liquid with food coloring I get nauseous. No pretty liquids for me.

I myself don't recommend it but if someone must color there juice I guess my link is the safest bet.

 

[ut1205]

Food coloring is not recommended. There is no research stating that adding food coloring is safe to vape. So i would err on the side of caution and stay away from it until you've done some searching on the subject.

Is there "research" showing that PG, VG, Artificial and Natural Flavorings are safe to take into your lungs? Not being snipy, just curious.

 

[dannyv45]

What ever research has been done does not show it being harmful. And most doctors including my own consider it far safer then smoking. Any negitive reports harp more on the mishandling of nicotine base more then anything else. And the fancy colorfull bubble gum packaging of juice may attract kids.

 

[ut1205]

What ever research has been done does not show it being harmful. And most doctors including my own consider it far safer then smoking. Any negitive reports harp more on the mishandling of nicotine base more then anything else. And the fancy colorfull bubble gum packaging of juice may attract kids.

Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering if the food coloring used in the manufacturing of the flavors was potentially more hazardous than the other flavor components.

 

[BardicDruid]

Is there "research" showing that PG, VG, Artificial and Natural Flavorings are safe to take into your lungs? Not being snipy, just curious.

Go here: CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association they have a bunch of research papers on vaping.

 

[ut1205]

Go here: CASAA - The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association they have a bunch of research papers on vaping.

Thanks, I have read that before. I have just seen so many posts where people said that they would not vape anything with food coloring I wondered if they knew something about food coloring that I didn't know.

 

[Levitas]

Why not just tint, or color the tank.

Voila. It looks cool.

 

[SilentEcho13]

As cool as colors are, they aren't any good for your carto/atty/coil. IMO, if it doesn't necessarily "enhance" the vape, it isn't worth trying.

I won't advocate, but an extremely popular juicemaker told me that he uses minute amounts of food coloring in his juices. Personally, I've used it before only when taking product photos of PVs and all.

 

[dannyv45]

Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering if the food coloring used in the manufacturing of the flavors was potentially more hazardous than the other flavor components.

Food coloring is not used in the manufacturing of flavoring concentrates. It is used by some juice resellers that make there own juice. I choose not to use those products because the risks are unknown. This is why I make my own juice.

 

[Levitas]

Food coloring is not used in the manufacturing of flavoring concentrates.

Not entirely true. There are some flavoring manufacturers that utilize food coloring - Watkins is one that comes to mind.

Now, towards those companies that we normally purchase from, such as TFA, Capella, etc., I don't imagine that they do.

 

[dannyv45]

Watkins doesn't really advertize there flavorings as vape flavoring concentrates. There more for cooking so it would be understandable if they use food coloring.

 

[Levitas]

Neither does Capella, but that's widely used for our purposes

 

[Kurt]

Food coloring is not recommended. I know some vendors use them in their juices, but I am not a fan of this. Many people have food coloring allergies and I shutter to think what the results of inhalation would be for them. At the very least vendors that use them should list what they are exactly, for this reason alone. Example: Yellow Dye #5. I know several people that have quite extreme reactions to food colors. We can't stop you from favoring "cool" over risk, but I don't think you will get much encouragement here. The colored tank tube is probably the safest option.

And no, I don't know of others substances besides food colors that are used. And some flavoring compounds themselves have a color to them.

 

[ut1205]

None of them advertise as Vape Safe. I just looked at TPA/TFA and LA and they don't mention vaping at all. Just because a nic or hardware web seller sells them on their website doesn't mean the manufacturers condone vaping with them. That's a law suit waiting to happen.

The reason I ask my question is that I was looking for a grape flavor and everyone was having "heart attacks" over the coloring of LA grape flavor. One user made a batch and wouldn't taste it solely because of the color. I'm not going to pass up potentially good flavors because of hearsay that "Colorings are not safe". There is no documentation that any of the components in juice including coloring are safe or unsafe for inhalation. Until I find out different I will treat colored flavorings the same way I did red M&M in the 80's. I ate them.