Q. What is the use of gold foil?

Answer

There are many uses of gold foil or gold leaves. Real gold foils are regularly used in Indian cuisines to add decoration. This can be seen in many sweet shops, where gold foils and silver foils are used to adorn many types of sweets such as Kaju Katli, Barfi, Sandesh, etc. The idea of doing so is that it provides a royal look to the eatable, and Ayurvedic texts describe the health benefits of gold and silver. Imitation gold foils are used to cover things to give them the look of real gold. This is particularly true in jewelry designing, decoration, etc.