So I just got back from ICES and they were doing cute stuff with chocolate using acetate..... but where do I get that stuff and get it food safe? And can I get it somewhere where I don't have to buy a ton of it?? I don't want to spend $96 on something just to try it....
Book reports, acetate for arts & crafts, etc. is not food safe. 
It is made differently when it is food safe. Has to do with chemicals leeching out. I know JB Prince has acetate collar size... in rolls. But, yes, you do have to buy a large quantity. I am not sure if they have other sizes but they might. I posted something about this a while back and a person posted back who had taken pastry chef classes. Maybe you can do a search for that thread. I know folks use a lot of stuff but if you want to be technical... no it's not food safe.
There is a new site... that is run by a pastry chef... their prices are quite reasonable and they are very helpful and customer service oriented. They are even deciding what additional products to carry based on feedback. Why not log into their site and ask them.... ahcakedesign.com. They carry great stuff at competitive prices.
Yes, it is. I am not sure just how risky it is or isn't. I know folks use regular acetate a lot. It's one of those bantered around topics. Some use mylar too and I have heard that is not food safe. I don't know what the risks are.... Another topic of controversy is the use of the canned air compressors... Like Duff uses.... Supposedly they are not food safe! They emit some of the propellants along with the food safe color. Lots of threads on that too. It would be nice if food safe acetate was easier to come by or we at least knew where to get it...... Maybe someone will post about it. Do check out that site.... They are incredibly nice! None like them that I have run across. Tata, jo
I purchase my sheets from http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/SearchResults.aspx (only $3.00 5 sheets).
What were the fun things they were doing with the acetate sheets. I've only used for chocolate transfers to wrap around a cake and for covering cookies. Any fun ideas please post for us!
Hmm what's it under/ called at Country Kitchen? I didn't see any plain ones on there.
They were using plain acetate sheets to wrap around a cake - they did some marbling effects with a white & blue chocolate and some gold luster dust and wrapped it around. It was beautiful. Then they also made bow loops out of chocolate - looked really cool. So I've got to find some food safe acetate sheets so I can try too!
Hmm what's it under/ called at Country Kitchen? I didn't see any plain ones on there.
They were using plain acetate sheets to wrap around a cake - they did some marbling effects with a white & blue chocolate and some gold and wrapped it around. It was beautiful. Then they also made bow loops out of chocolate - looked really cool. So I've got to find some food safe acetate sheets so I can try too!
If you enter acetate in the search box (top of screen) it will come up with two results (one in bulk and one for 5 sheets).
pastrychef.com has both acetate sheets and ribbon
http://www.pastrychef.com/search.asp?keyword=acetate&search.x=9&search.y=7
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