Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 In a message dated 12/4/06 9:39:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, judithb writes: > Where did you find out about this? > Here's a website that explains it. Scroll down to " Tropicana Is Bugging Your Juice. " http://www.vegparadise.com/news13.html If you Google it, you'll find more than you'd ever want to know about cochineal extract. It's also in a particular yogurt and in Good & Plentys & God only knows what else. TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi everyone: Where did you find out about this? I had NO IDEA. I don't drink Tropicana, at least I don't think so... OMG. I am in shock. Is there a website that lists these kinds of things? JB Sherman Oaks, CA TendrMoon wrote: In a message dated 12/2/06 12:37:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, Demer40 writes: > You will be shocked when you start reading food labels with a vegetarian's > > eyes and discover so many foods that appear to be veggie safe have beef fat > or > other animal products hiding wthin them Yeah like when I discovered that my Tropicana ruby red grapefruit juice got that ruby red color from cochineal extract which comes from crushed beetles. I still haven't recovered from that one. This site may answer some of your questions. http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Thats why I usually only eat the fruit. Tiny likes grapefruit juice so i will have to keep an eye on that. Jenn , judith bell <judithb wrote: > > Hi everyone: > > Where did you find out about this? > I had NO IDEA. > I don't drink Tropicana, at least I don't think so... > OMG. > I am in shock. > Is there a website that lists these kinds of things? > > JB > Sherman Oaks, CA > > > > > TendrMoon wrote: > In a message dated 12/2/06 12:37:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, Demer40 > writes: > > > You will be shocked when you start reading food labels with a vegetarian's > > > > eyes and discover so many foods that appear to be veggie safe have beef fat > > or > > other animal products hiding wthin them > > Yeah like when I discovered that my Tropicana ruby red grapefruit juice got > that ruby red color from cochineal extract which comes from crushed beetles. I > still haven't recovered from that one. > > This site may answer some of your questions. > http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm > > TM > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 On 12/4/06, TendrMoon <TendrMoon wrote: > > cochineal extract. It's also in a particular > yogurt and in Good & Plentys & God only knows what else. > Lots of stuff. I read about this maybe a decade ago, and have seen it many places. Another term for cochineal extract is " carmine color " -- or just " carmine " . same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yeah. Did you know that it takes something like 155 000 to produce one kilogram of dye? I do believe that most food colouring is till synthetic, teh recent upsurge in cochineal farming is due to health concerns. The 'natural' gye is non-toxic and non-carcinogenic, although it has had negative efects on small number of people. This just goes to show, one must read the labels. " Thia .... " <bipolyf wrote: On 12/4/06, TendrMoon <TendrMoon wrote: > > cochineal extract. It's also in a particular > yogurt and in Good & Plentys & God only knows what else. > Lots of stuff. I read about this maybe a decade ago, and have seen it many places. Another term for cochineal extract is " carmine color " -- or just " carmine " . same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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