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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•21 hours agoever eaten anything with red in it? (like the icing decorations on the pictured cake) https://www.livescience.com/36292-red-food-dye-bugs-cochineal-carmine.html
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 hours agoAlso, ever eaten a shiny candy? Chances are is coated in confectioners glaze, which is a fancy word for shellac, which is an insect excretion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 hours agoChocolate milk uses red algae as a stabilizer https://smea.uw.edu/currents/theres-seaweed-in-your-milk-how-algae-drives-our-food-system/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-220 hours agoThat’s pretty interesting. You never think about it, but most of everything is dyed. And that dye has to come from somewhere.
ever eaten anything with red in it? (like the icing decorations on the pictured cake)
https://www.livescience.com/36292-red-food-dye-bugs-cochineal-carmine.html
Also, ever eaten a shiny candy? Chances are is coated in confectioners glaze, which is a fancy word for shellac, which is an insect excretion.
Chocolate milk uses red algae as a stabilizer
https://smea.uw.edu/currents/theres-seaweed-in-your-milk-how-algae-drives-our-food-system/
That’s pretty interesting.
You never think about it, but most of everything is dyed. And that dye has to come from somewhere.