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Use oxidized silver leaf only for its intended purpose. For food, use edible products only; for decorative work, follow product directions and datasheets.
Use oxidized silver leaf only for its intended purpose; food applications require edible products, and decorative applications require product directions and datasheets.
Oxidized silver leaf is a decorative material unless specifically sold for food use. Keep decorative leaf, foil, size, sealer, and craft materials away from food-contact use.
For surface work, follow the product directions for handling, ventilation, adhesives, coatings, cleanup, and disposal. For food, use edible gold or edible silver only.
Foils • Glossary • Products • Silver leaf
Silver leaf is decorative metal leaf. Silver foil may mean decorative foil, edible silver, craft foil, or silver-colored material.
Decorative silver choices include genuine silver leaf packs, silver ribbon leaf, oxidized silver, colored silver, decorative foils, and palladium alternatives. Silver can tarnish, so sealer, handling, environment, and after-care matter.
Do not use decorative silver leaf on sweets unless it is sold for edible use.