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Have you drunk your beetle latte at Starbucks today?
Posted by:
5645
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Date: June 27, 2017 10:43PM
http://www.naturalnews.com/035408_Starbucks_cochineal_extract_food_color.html
"Vegetarians beware: Starbucks admits to using beetle extract in popular drink coloring"
Friday, March 30, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
"Vegetarians beware: Starbucks admits to using beetle extract in popular drink coloring"
Friday, March 30, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
Re: Have you drunk your beetle latte at Starbucks today?
Posted by:
Informed mom
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Date: June 28, 2017 09:20PM
It's also called Red 40 or carmine and is a frequently used food color.
Well-informed consumers who read food labels have been avoiding it for years since it has been shown to cause hyperactivity in some kids, given that some people have a mild allergic reaction to it (and may not realize it).
Interestingly, before being leveraged in recent decades as a food additive, particularly to make candy, cookies, and even yogurt look more alluring to kids, this dye was used as far back as the Aztec indigenous people in Mexico to paint the pyramids they constructed.
Well-informed consumers who read food labels have been avoiding it for years since it has been shown to cause hyperactivity in some kids, given that some people have a mild allergic reaction to it (and may not realize it).
Interestingly, before being leveraged in recent decades as a food additive, particularly to make candy, cookies, and even yogurt look more alluring to kids, this dye was used as far back as the Aztec indigenous people in Mexico to paint the pyramids they constructed.
Re: Have you drunk your beetle latte at Starbucks today?
Posted by:
FDA agent
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Date: June 29, 2017 11:43AM
Informed mom Wrote:
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> It's also called Red 40 or carmine and is a
> frequently used food color.
>
> Well-informed consumers who read food labels have
> been avoiding it for years since it has been shown
> to cause hyperactivity in some kids, given that
> some people have a mild allergic reaction to it
> (and may not realize it).
>
> Interestingly, before being leveraged in recent
> decades as a food additive, particularly to make
> candy, cookies, and even yogurt look more alluring
> to kids, this dye was used as far back as the
> Aztec indigenous people in Mexico to paint the
> pyramids they constructed.
Red 40 is actually synthetic.
But cochineal/carmine is and has been in tons of things forever.
https://www.wired.com/2015/09/cochineal-bug-feature/
The FDA allows for 'insect fragments' and 'rodent hairs' in many products.
https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulatoryinformation/ucm056174.htm#CHPTA
Chocolate - Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments
- Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs
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> It's also called Red 40 or carmine and is a
> frequently used food color.
>
> Well-informed consumers who read food labels have
> been avoiding it for years since it has been shown
> to cause hyperactivity in some kids, given that
> some people have a mild allergic reaction to it
> (and may not realize it).
>
> Interestingly, before being leveraged in recent
> decades as a food additive, particularly to make
> candy, cookies, and even yogurt look more alluring
> to kids, this dye was used as far back as the
> Aztec indigenous people in Mexico to paint the
> pyramids they constructed.
Red 40 is actually synthetic.
But cochineal/carmine is and has been in tons of things forever.
https://www.wired.com/2015/09/cochineal-bug-feature/
The FDA allows for 'insect fragments' and 'rodent hairs' in many products.
https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulatoryinformation/ucm056174.htm#CHPTA
Chocolate - Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments
- Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs
Re: Have you drunk your beetle latte at Starbucks today?
Posted by:
Greybeard
()
Date: June 29, 2017 11:21PM
FDA agent Wrote:
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> The FDA allows for 'insect fragments' and 'rodent
> hairs' in many products.
> https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidan
> cedocumentsregulatoryinformation/ucm056174.htm#CHP
> TA
>
> Chocolate - Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more
> insect fragments
> - Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent
> hairs
Yep...I had a high school chem teacher who had worked for industry; he had some great stories about the weight of insects, droppings, etc. allowed per ton of product.
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> The FDA allows for 'insect fragments' and 'rodent
> hairs' in many products.
> https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidan
> cedocumentsregulatoryinformation/ucm056174.htm#CHP
> TA
>
> Chocolate - Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more
> insect fragments
> - Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent
> hairs
Yep...I had a high school chem teacher who had worked for industry; he had some great stories about the weight of insects, droppings, etc. allowed per ton of product.
Re: Have you drunk your beetle latte at Starbucks today?
Posted by:
Beetle Bailey
()
Date: June 30, 2017 01:38PM
I think Arthur Treacher's experimented with a beetle extract to make the fish batter more crunchy. They gave up on it after a few people got sick. I think beetle extract is part of the red dye in Cherry Fanta, though.