Carmine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carmine Carmine (pronounced /ˈkɑrmɪn/ or /ˈkɑrmaɪn/ ), also called Crimson Lake , Cochineal , Natural Red 4 , C.I. 75470 , or E120 , is a pigment of a bright red color ob...
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"Cochineal extract is a coloring extracted from the eggs of the cochineal beetle, which lives on cactus plants in Peru, the Canary Islands, and elsewhere. Carmine is a more purified coloring made from cochineal.
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Food and drink manufacturers that color their products with cochineal extract and carmine must now declare the ingredients on the label under a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling.
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Today cochineal has been surpassed as a dye for cloth by a number of synthetic pigments, but is still widely used as a coloring agent for a number of foodstuffs, beverages, and cosmetics (because many of those synthetic dyes proved dangerous to humans when taken internally or allowed to leach into the body through...
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It turns out that products like Dannon Boysenberry Yogurt and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit juice get their healthy hues in part from crushed female cochineal beetles. Most consumers were unaware of this, as marketers have skirted the issue by putting "color added" or "artificial color" in their ingredient lists.
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www.brandfreak.com/2009/01/waiter-theres-a-crushed-coch...
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Cochineal insects can be crushed to make red food dye ... In most cases, insects in my food would be frowned upon — but, in this case, I definitely prefer “bug coloring” to some oil-based goo coloring.
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blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/07/is-that-a-bug-...
blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/07/is-that-a-bug-in-your-food/
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January 13th, 2009 by Paul Hutchinson ... The latest food additive freak-out seems to be over a red food coloring, get the whole story from an entomologist. ... Comments are closed...
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paulhutch.com/wordpress/?p=438
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Dogs Question: Where Does Cochineal Coloring Come From? ... When Was Cochineal First Used? ... Can You Tell Me About Food Coloring?
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These additions, however, may be readily detected by dissolving the cochineal coloring matter with aqua ammoniae, and examining the residue for the substances named. E. Donath, in Chem.
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