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What can white food gel coloring do for your royal icing?  ONE - Your royal icing is actually translucent! You have mixed a fresh batch of royal icing, and of course it is already white right?  Not so much... Royal icing made with the basic ingredients of powdered sugar and meringue powder actually produces a fairly translucent base.   By adding white food gel, you change your translucent base to an opaque base leaving you with a deep rich starting point to work with.  And you will very clearly see the difference in the color of your base.  Your whites will be whiter...