Guest DJ_HOSSEIX Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 What is reason behind certain shisha brands adding food coloring to their product? I have been reading reviews and some people ding points off if their shisha is colored...does it affect the taste? What brands aren't colored besides tangiers (preferably unwashed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racemyghost Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 it doesnt affect taste. It simply enhances the apperance of the shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJ_HOSSEIX Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Edit: Post #1...Preferably "washed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staygone Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Food coloring molecule and an artificial orange flavored molecule. I think either could have an influence on taste. I like the artificially colored shisha better though, it's more appealing like candy.-QM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 There are some of us that can taste the red dye. I myself can, my wife, and Kathrynx can also...and I am sure there are others.No one has gotten a straight answer.Some theories are: It hides an inferior or inconsistent tobacco stock. Helps with the flavor absorption by the tobacco. Some say that's how their flavorings come.Red dye is one of the most common undiagnosed allergies. People rarely realize they are till they get a full allergy panel.Tobaccos that typically don't have dye are:Abed Elkader - UnwashedAfzal - UnwashedAl Waha - UnwashedEpic - WashedFumari - UnwashedFusion - UnwashedHennawy - UnwashedHookah Freak - UnwashedHookah Hookah - UnwashedJewels - WashedNakhla - UnwashedRomman - UnwashedSaet Safa - UnwashedTangiers - UnwashedTembo - WashedCould be wrong on the washed or unwashed part, but i am sure about the dye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FactorE Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 yeah starbuzz is very colorful, sometimes its bright red or dark green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 It gets American kids to smoke more shisha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 If i pack a bowl and my hands look like I pulled a Mola Ram...I am finding a new shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye bye now have fun Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (Stuie @ Nov 9 2008, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tobaccos that typically don't have dye are:...Al Waha - Unwashed...Im not sure about other flavors but five star is full of red dye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (GNUWorldOrder @ Nov 9 2008, 08:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Stuie @ Nov 9 2008, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tobaccos that typically don't have dye are:...Al Waha - Unwashed...Im not sure about other flavors but five star is full of red dye.Hrm, you sure? I've had two packs of five star, and both were uncolored. Unless they just started dyeing, which would be a damn shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye bye now have fun Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 if i had a working camera id show you but its died red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 It's to make it more appealing. People dont generally like something when it isnt colorful. Tangiers sells brown shisha because they dont want people to make the mistake of thinking its good for them by the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (GNUWorldOrder @ Nov 9 2008, 10:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>if i had a working camera id show you but its died redMan, that sucks... hope AW doesn't start coloring all their shisha. Taste alright at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye bye now have fun Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 ya its still one of my favorite flavors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 nakhla has a golden dye according to eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Morgan Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (AKammenzind @ Nov 9 2008, 08:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (GNUWorldOrder @ Nov 9 2008, 08:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Stuie @ Nov 9 2008, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tobaccos that typically don't have dye are:...Al Waha - Unwashed...Im not sure about other flavors but five star is full of red dye.Hrm, you sure? I've had two packs of five star, and both were uncolored. Unless they just started dyeing, which would be a damn shame...AW mint is dyed green. All the other AW stuff I've seen isn't though if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 rarely is a whole line dyed...Fantasia has dye but if you grab pumpkin spice it's not.Nakhla Cherry looks about as died as you can get. Everything else looks natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattathayde Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 SB im not sure if they dye it purposely or if its the flavorings they get that are already colored, but the colors at least match the flavors some what (except blue myst is that natrualish color but what ever its sooooo good)al waha i noticed its not colored but flavor to flavor it looks different some what, cola is dark, orange cream seems a little lighter kinda orange tone. maybe not "coloring" but its a little different -matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE03 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I want some bright green shisha for some reason, would be neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (NJE03 @ Nov 10 2008, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I want some bright green shisha for some reason, would be neat. Ask and ye shall receive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Geeze... I would NOT want to smoke that. Looks like chopped up bits of fiberglass what's been spraypainted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neffertiti Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (Stuie @ Nov 10 2008, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (NJE03 @ Nov 10 2008, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I want some bright green shisha for some reason, would be neat. Ask and ye shall receive...That just looks really wierd, almost like wet grass trimmings. how does that stuff smoke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMoodz Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 QUOTE (Stuie @ Nov 10 2008, 02:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If i pack a bowl and my hands look like I pulled a Mola Ram...I am finding a new shisha.Haha your post priceless!!!! Very good Dr. Jones analogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 It's actually really good for herbal. Better than most herbal I have smoked from Herbal did a review on it.http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=24523 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Yeah the lemon Saalam is the most delightful shade of neon yellow.I can't think of any hookah tobaccos that aren't artificially colored on the US market. Old Bahraini isn't nor is Al Majlis...but not sold in the US. Lucid of course is washed and has no artificial color in it. I read an article in the LA Times regarding artificial coloring like last week, talking about changes in behavior, and long lasting chronic effects in people from the consumption of artificial coloring. In many parts of Europe, they have banned artificial colors because of the risk to human health. Its not necessarily a trivial thing like we were raised to believe.A better question...why use artificial colors...why does it matter?Some companies use a yellow-brown color which is artificial, rather than a more obvious red-orange dye. Tobacco, uncolored, and processed with corn syrup (like the majority of brands in the US market are) has the color of wood. Lighter wood, slightly darker than white pine. Ooooh! About the color of the peanut butter in a Reese's Peanut butter cup, but lighter brown than actual in the jar peanut butter.That orange flavor molecule is also found in oranges naturally. That class of chemical is an ester. They are volatile and are responsible for flavor and smell. Unlike colors, artificial and natural flavors (synthetic flavors) are made with the same chemicals found in fruits and plants and such. At least the stuff we use at Tangiers is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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