Integrating SELV LED accent lighting into edible dessert bouquets: A safety-by-design protocol and consumer-perception study for confectionery food-floristry

Confectionery food-floristry (edible dessert bouquets and related compositions) increasingly competes on visual impact and customer experience, while remaining constrained by safety requirements when electrical components are introduced for accent lighting. This paper proposes a safety-by-design protocol for integrating extra-low-voltage (SELV)5,9 LED lighting into edible dessert bouquets and outlines a mixed study design to quantify (i) perceived aesthetics, (ii) operational efficiency, and (iii) safety outcomes under explicit electrical and food-safety scopes. This paper formulates testable hypotheses for a planned evaluation: H1 - accent lighting is expected to increase perceived aesthetics; H2 - when a SELV supply and at least IP442-4 ingress protection are verified and documented, the incidence of reportable electrical safety incidents is expected to be negligible (and may not be detected) within the predefined observation window; H3 - maker checklist adherence is expected to improve after targeted training. The protocol uses objective and business-relevant metrics (illuminance, assembly time, errors/rebuilds, returns/complaints) plus Likert-scale6 aesthetic ratings. The framework is intended as an industry standard for emerging LED-enhanced food-floristry and as an evidence basis for documenting original contributions in a cross-disciplinary creative-technical market.