What goes well with red food coloring?
We analyzed over 150,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes red food coloring better. On average, recipes with red food coloring gets 4.17⭐ review scores. But in some combinations, review scores get a lot better.
Here comes the combinations we found:
Significant high scores:
water
Better than not:
soy sauce,
light corn syrup,
brown sugar,
garlic,
heavy whipping cream,
cake flour,
heavy cream,
salted butter,
honey,
yellow food coloring,
powdered sugar
Scores poorly:
sugar,
cocoa powder,
cornflour,
baking powder,
canola oil,
cream cheese,
almonds,
hot water,
unsalted butter,
butter,
baking soda,
granulated sugar,
white sugar,
vanilla,
oil,
milk,
white vinegar,
sprinkles
Pay attention:
buttermilk,
confectioners sugar,
egg whites,
distilled white vinegar,
kosher salt,
cocoa
Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.
Here are some great recipes I found with red food coloring:
Single serving Homemade Red Velvet Oreo Cookies
www.biggerbolderbaking.com
Review: 4.34/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.9/10
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
www.lifeloveandsugar.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.8/10