Narrator: No one likes finding bugs in their food ... more recently that they made their way into commercial foods. From 1955 to 2010, the consumption of food coloring rose by 500% in the United ...

The red coloring, called carmine, also shows up in food—from red velvet cupcakes ... an exact replica of carmine that’s made from fermentation rather than bugs. The molecule was incredibly ...

Narrator: No one likes finding bugs in their food ... more recently that they made their way into commercial foods. From 1955 to 2010, the consumption of food coloring rose by 500% in the United ...

Joseph Borzelleca published a study on the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts makes a red dye used in textiles, cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt.

Of all the substances on Earth, very few can make rich, soulful red ... the food we eat and the items we commonly use. The extract of cochineal tends to come up a lot. The cochineal bugs ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... have already reformulated products to remove Red 3. In its place they use beet juice; carmine, a dye made from insects; or pigments from foods such ...

Starbucks previously used to use cochineal, a red dye made from crushed beetles ... customers were horrified to hear about the use of bugs in their food and drinks. After vegetarians and ...