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Claim: The food colorants cochineal and carmine are made from ground bugs. Status: True.; Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2001]; ... Chances are, you'll discover a notation for cochineal, carmine, or carminic acid, pigments whose origins might surprise and possibly disgust you. Cochineal and its close cousin...
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www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp
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Cochineal, also called carmine, is a natural red dye which has been largely replaced by synthetic dyes. However, it is still used in particularly high quality goods. It is made from tiny beetles, which live on cactus plants - particularly t...
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Some of our readers noticed the flap over cochineal and carmine that made the news on January 28, 2006. They pointed out that we had focused on this food coloring back in 2002 when we wrote, "Tropicana Is Bugging Your Juice."
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www.vegparadise.com/news13.html
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Recently, some absolute vegetarians were shocked to learn that the fruit juice they had been drinking contained a natural additive, which is OK, but unfortunately a food dye of cochineal, made of insect parts.
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www.pinebrookhills.com/Press/Articles/cochineal_insect....
www.pinebrookhills.com/Press/Articles/cochineal_insect.htm
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Cochineal is a tiny scale insect that is the source of the pigment dye carmine. It lives on prickly pear cactus, causing a white fuzz to be clustered all over the pad. ... For centuries, the cochineal colored the robes of Catholic Cardinals, heads of state and even the famous uniforms of the British "Red Coats." It was...
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www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/911/page/2
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It might look like a mold or fungus, but it's actually hiding its creator, the cochineal (pronounced coach-in-EEL) scale, a tiny insect that's made a big contribution to fashion, manufacturing and trade for hundreds of years.
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www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/911
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There is no pigment made from cochineal. Real cochineal is a dye (not pigment) that is extracted form a beetle, but it is a potential allergen. Although it is often referred to as cochineal, it is also called carmine.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_Pigment_made_from...
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Cochineal is both the name of a crimson dye, and the name of the insect that the dye comes from. The cochineal insect is native to South America and Mexico, and lives on cacti. The insect produces carminic acid in order to be less tasty to ...
http://www.blurtit.com/q294511.html
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Did you know that the dye used to color Ocean Spray is derived from bug shells? Ocean Spray contains cochineal extract, made from, natch, the shells of the cochineal insect.
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consumerist.com/consumer/fun-facts/ocean-spray-contains...
consumerist.com/consumer/fun-facts/ocean-spray-contains-dye-made-from-insect-shells-272017.php
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