silence7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoJust Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions / Sorry!www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
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minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoRed food colouring or cosmetics? It’s called Carmine, and is made from dissolved insects.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoI was thinking of shellac. Comes from beetles. It’s also used in edible waxes, like what apples are coated in, IIRC.
Red food colouring or cosmetics? It’s called Carmine, and is made from dissolved insects.
I was thinking of shellac. Comes from beetles. It’s also used in edible waxes, like what apples are coated in, IIRC.