Do you guys know about carmine color?

Question

It is used in various items, food, drink, and cosmetics. Here's the deal: I have seen it in a brand of SOYMILK! It was strawberry-flavored and used to color the milk red. I contacted the company and mentioned that Stonyfield Farm's strawberry yogurt uses beet juice concentrate to achieve the same results. Another thing was that I bought some natural lipstick or blush and they used it in there, as well. It's not cruelty-free or vegan! It is made by crushing these beetles that are inside of cactuses or something. Their shells are red and that's how they get the color.

Answer 1

Yes, most here are aware of carmine.

"This is great information, but it dosn't follow the format of yahoo answers."-neither does your answer.

Answer 2

yeah, thats why there are lables for you to read.

Uhhm, first, dont call me dear. second,

if you are vegan and even care about it, you should have done research on the things that you can and can't eat.

*rolls eyes*

Answer 3

Yes you are right. It's also known as cochineal, and it's from crushed bugs. It's often added to sausages to give them that pinky colour. But I didn't know it's added to some soymilk. Thanks anyway.

Answer 4

Yup, it's crushed up beetles...eeeeewwww! I ws disappointed when I found it in my fave veggie corndogs from Trader Joe's! I've also seen it in juice, yogurt, makeup, etc. YUCK! I've become more of an avid lable reader, that's for sure!