Natural red dye comes from cochineal bugs(lemmy.ca)

posted 2 days ago

MelonYellow@lemmy.ca

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The crushed bodies of a Central and South American insect, called the Cochineal, produces a natural red dye.

They are used for textiles, food-coloring, and cosmetics. Next time you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, it comes from these bugs.

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AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works

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2 days ago

Vegetarians of Lemmy, what’s your thoughts on this? I’ve known about this for a while, but I’m looking for gelatin on that ingredients list, not bugs - I genuinely don’t care, there’s probably trace bugs in there regardless, lol.

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Akrenion@slrpnk.net

8 points

2 days ago

Killing with intent is where I draw the line. Bugs were very important in our journey to understand brains and thus deserve some respect as a cognitive being imo.

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world

6 points

2 days ago

I can’t be bothered to that degree. I’ll watch for gelatin. And if I knew which thing to look for, I might avoid this as well. But I don’t care enough to go out of my way and learn.

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roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com

5 points

1 day ago

I’ve known a couple of vegans that wouldn’t eat it. One was disappointed to learn a drink he liked contained it. But he stopped drinking it.

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