BUGGIN OUT
HAPPY #HALLOWEEN! "CARMINE", THE RED DYE USED FOR MANY POPULAR CANDY LIKE SKITTLES, NERDS, & EVEN STRAWBERRY YOGURT, IS MADE FROM THE GROUNDED UP CARCASSES OF COCHINEAL BEETLES! TRICK OR TREAT- WERE USING BUGS FOR FOOD COLORING! THE COCHINEAL BEETLE IS CONSIDERED A "SAFE" INGREDIENT FOR FOOD DYE ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY CASES OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO IT. ALSO REFERRED TO IN INGREDIENTS AS COCHINEAL EXTRACT, CARMINIC ACID, & NATURAL RED 4, CARMINE IS FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY RED COLORED FOOD & DRINK. IT TAKES ABOUT 70000 INSECTS TO MAKE ONE POUND OF COCHINEAL POWDER. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, KNOW WHATS GOING INTO YOUR BODY- THE BETTER WE EAT THE BETTER WELL FEEL.
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