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minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·13 days 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-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 days 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-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-213 days agoThat’s pretty interesting. You never think about it, but most of everything is dyed. And that dye has to come from somewhere.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoChocolate milk uses red algae as a stabilizer https://smea.uw.edu/currents/theres-seaweed-in-your-milk-how-algae-drives-our-food-system/
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.
That’s pretty interesting.
You never think about it, but most of everything is dyed. And that dye has to come from somewhere.
Chocolate milk uses red algae as a stabilizer
https://smea.uw.edu/currents/theres-seaweed-in-your-milk-how-algae-drives-our-food-system/