date:Jul 28, 2015
ts in how they function as natural colorants. Malt that is milled into flour functions as a pigment. Pigments are insoluble colored compounds that color by dispersion. As they are individual particles, they are not infinitely dilutable. Dilute solutions can show specking.
Malt extracts function as a dye, that is, they exhibit their color power when diluted in a solvent. (These are sometimes referred to as washes.) In general, they are infinitely dilutable. Deciding whether to color with malt fl