Carmine, the intense red pigment harvested from the cochineal beetle that is widely used in color cosmetics, food and textiles is now available via animal-free biomanufacturing thanks to Debut’s ...

— -- Bugs: 1. Starbucks: 0. That's the latest score, as Starbucks has made an unusually rapid reversal in how it colors its Strawberry Frappuccinos -- and some of its other foods and drinks. Just ...

Centuries before the now-banned red dye No. 3 was synthesized in a lab, humans turned to insects to bring a little scarlet, vermillion or burgundy into their foods, fabrics and artwork. On Jan. 15, ...

— -- Starbucks has the vegan community seeing red over what it recently began using to color its Strawberry Frappuccinos: beetles. That's beetles as in ground up cochineal beetles — mostly found ...

Its Strawberry Frappuccino gets its rosy color from cochineal extract. The bug has been used in Mexico and South America as a coloring agent for centuries. The federal government considers it safe and ...