Yes, there are in fact strawberries in there, but they're there for flavor and texture, not color. That bright red comes from something else called carmine. Oh, and it's made from squashed bugs.
Thirty other patients had negative patch test results. Carmine is a widely used pigment derived from gravid cochineal insects. Carminic acid is the source of its color. Only two previous ...
The resulting color has a cool quality. On a color wheel, it sits closer to a purple than a carmine red (once made from beetles). The opposite effect can be said of turquoise, which runs slightly ...
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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods
Some food manufacturers have already reformulated products to remove Red 3. In its place they use beet juice; carmine, a dye made from insects; and pigments from foods such as purple sweet potato, ...
FDA bans Red 3, the synthetic food dye linked to cancer, from all U.S. food products. Learn more about this significant decision!
Yes, there are in fact strawberries in there, but they're there for flavor and texture, not color. That bright red comes from something else called carmine. Oh, and it's made from squashed bugs.