Next time you’re browsing through the store, take a look at some of your favorite red colored foods. Do you see in the ingredients the listing “crushed bugs”?
No? Look again…

Along the same lines as a previous post, I want to let you all in on a most disgusting ingredient.  Many of you have probably already heard of this ingredient.  This post is for those people who haven’t heard of carmine.

Carmine= ground up beetles.

Why??  They use these crushed beetles as a food coloring.  They give some foods their red color. Don’t be mistaken, though. It can be found in purple and pink foods, also.

Where can you find these ground up beetles?

Answer:  yogurt (many include this) , juice, ice cream, candy. Even Lipsticks and eyeshadow.

Does carmine go by other names?

Answer: Yes. Crimson Lake, Cochineal, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120, carminic acid. It can also be listed as “Color added” on the label!

EWWWWWWW!!!!!