Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Trying this one more time. Sent the article last night, but it never came through and I felt that it's something that needed to be read. Will try it this way. Could someone explain to me why the links that come through this group aren't clickable? http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113833159673257881-7aQTK755ykjASE3h\ GnfjQrjZlSk_20060203.html This morning I read the label on my Tropicana strawberry, orange, banana juice....yep, cochineal extract.....gagging. Down the drain it went. I tend to be a label reader, but never realized that I had to worry if my O.J. was veggie. I never cease to be amazed. TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Thank the gods I have been buying Wild Oats organic OJ these days!! I'm usually a hardcore Tropicana girl too. Ew. Drinking insect stuf. Ew. Ew. All the better reason to go organic. On 2/5/06, TendrMoon <TendrMoon wrote: > > Trying this one more time. Sent the article last night, but it never came > > through and I felt that it's something that needed to be read. Will try > it this > way. Could someone explain to me why the links that come through this > group > aren't clickable? > > > > http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113833159673257881-7aQTK755ykjASE3h\ GnfjQrjZlSk_20060203.html > > This morning I read the label on my Tropicana strawberry, orange, banana > juice....yep, cochineal extract.....gagging. Down the drain it went. I > tend to > be a label reader, but never realized that I had to worry if my O.J. was > veggie. I never cease to be amazed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 personally I think this is awesome news... it means the mainstream world will (hopefully) start to realize all the junk that is in the SAD (standard American Diet!) =) jenni On Feb 5, 2006, at 10:23 AM, TendrMoon wrote: > Trying this one more time. Sent the article last night, but it > never came > through and I felt that it's something that needed to be read. > Will try it this > way. Could someone explain to me why the links that come through > this group > aren't clickable? > > > http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/ > SB113833159673257881-7aQTK755ykjASE3hGnfjQrjZlSk_20060203.html > > This morning I read the label on my Tropicana strawberry, orange, > banana > juice....yep, cochineal extract.....gagging. Down the drain it > went. I tend to > be a label reader, but never realized that I had to worry if my > O.J. was > veggie. I never cease to be amazed. > > TM Jenni Billings jenni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I'm passing the news to everyone I know............Donna Jenni Billings <jenni wrote: personally I think this is awesome news... it means the mainstream world will (hopefully) start to realize all the junk that is in the SAD (standard American Diet!) =) jenni On Feb 5, 2006, at 10:23 AM, TendrMoon wrote: > Trying this one more time. Sent the article last night, but it > never came > through and I felt that it's something that needed to be read. > Will try it this > way. Could someone explain to me why the links that come through > this group > aren't clickable? > > > http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/ > Relax. Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 This is why I only buy drinks that are %100 fruit juice - or I make it myself i knew about this for a while... any time you see " natural flavour " or " natural coulour " it often means crushed bugs.. I think I heard it on a children's program many years ago. And white sliced bread has an " acceptable " level of sawdust in it.... I buy fresh from the bakery mike my trade lists http://www.geocities.com/realshows my launch radio station http://launch./lc/?rt=0 & rp1=0 & rp2=1281193352 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I agree with you, Donna,passing it on to folks I know too... and Jenni...hooray for that process! And isn't it a bit more than ironic that the acronym for the way America eats in general reads " SAD " ly? <mischievous grin> In the link, does it take you to the place where we can put in our two cents on whether we want bug innards in our food or not? (UGH, UGH, it makes me so ill to think about it!) Thanks... Bron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Wow thanks for this. I wonder what colors the many pills I have to take every day? Do I even want to know??? I am just totally grossed out here. EEWWW Thanks for letting us know. Sure makes you think. Becky " To live with a chronic illness is not a limitation, but a special invitation to those of us who are willing to accept the challenge. " ~~~-Shad Ireland, Ironman thriathlete and kidney disease patient ******** In sweet, loving memory of our precious furbaby, TIMMY, who we had to say good-bye to on December 17, 2004. Good-bye dear, sweet angel. We never wanted to let you go. We miss you every second of every day. ALWAYS!!! We love you. Because of the lack of available donors in this country, 3,886 kidney patients, 1,811 liver patients, 457 heart patients and 483 lung patients died in 2004 while waiting for life-saving organ transplants. PLEASE DONATE YOUR ORGANS! www.shareyourlife.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.pkdcure.org Polycystic Kidney Disease is the most common genetic, life threatening disease affecting more than 600,000 Americans and an estimated 12.5 million people worldwide *including ME!* *diagnosed 6/88 ---- TendrMoon 02/05/06 20:56:26 Beetlemania :-( From The Wall Street Journal, January 26th Food makers may not want to dwell on it, but the ingredient that gives Dannon Boysenberry yogurt and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit juice their distinctive colors comes from crushed female cochineal beetles. Too much information? Some consumers would say there hasn't been nearly enough. Pressed by consumer advocates, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to publish a food-labeling proposal online today that would require companies to disclose when a food contains beetle-derived colorings including vivid-red " carmine " and bright-orange " cochineal " (pronounced coach-in-EEL). The public has 60 days to comment before a final ruling is made. Under current FDA regulations, food labels must identify certain man-made colorings by name, such as FD & C Red No. 40. But for carmine, cochineal and other naturally occurring ingredients, companies can use terms such as " color added " or, oddly, " artificial color. " Bugged by the loophole, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington public-health advocacy group, and a small but vocal group of consumers who are allergic to the ingredients have pushed for stiffer rules. Joining the chorus are vegetarians, who don't want to eat insects, and consumers observing kosher dietary practices. Products containing carmine " may look like kosher, " but they aren't, says Rabbi Moshe Elefant, chief operating officer of the kosher division of the Orthodox Union, a leading certifier of kosher products. " There are a lot of people who will not be happy to know that they are eating products that contain dried beetle. " (Ya think?) A petition CSPI submitted to the FDA in 1998 and complaints from allergic consumers spurred the FDA's proposal today. The petition suggested that labels disclose carmine or cochineal content with the language, " Artificial color: carmine/cochineal extract (insect based). " The food industry objects, both to the word " insect " and the use of " artificial color " together with " carmine " and " cochineal. " " That lengthy type of description is likely to be unnecessary, " says Robert Earl, senior director of nutrition policy at Food Products Association, a food- and beverage-industry group. " It's not part of the requirement for other animal-derived ingredients. Lard is 'lard.' It doesn't say 'pork' after it. Milk' doesn't say 'from cow.' 'Butter' doesn't say 'from cow.' " The FDA's proposal will drop the word " insect " and require that the coloring ingredients be labeled as vivid-red " carmine " or bright-orange " cochineal, " says FDA spokeswoman Julie Zawisza. Some food companies -- Dannon Co.; PepsiCo Inc., the maker of Tropicana; and General Mills Inc., the maker of Yoplait yogurt -- have already begun listing " carmine " on labels by name. Others have taken steps to eliminate carmine from products, replacing it in some cases with synthetic colorings. In April 2002 Dannon replaced carmine with FD & C Red No. 40 in some Light 'n Fit yogurts, including strawberry and raspberry flavors, says company spokesman Michael Neuwirth. Even when they are clearly listed on the label, cochineal and carmine remain a mystery to many consumers. Spaniards found Mexicans cultivating the red cochineal beetles in 1518. Today, the bugs are raised on farms in Peru, Mexico and the Canary Islands, where they feed on cacti. The bodies of female beetles are dried, ground and heated, and the colored powder is filtered out. It takes 70,000 beetles to make one pound of marketable carmine. Demand for cochineal products plummeted after the arrival of synthetic colors in the 19th century, but interest in them has revived in recent years, along with other naturally derived colors. The current global market for cochineal-derived products is estimated at between $30 million and $40 million a year. The cochineal pigment also is used in cosmetics and textiles. " It's the most stable, natural color, " says Tracy Mattingly, product developer at German chemicals maker Degussa AG, which makes products containing the cochineal pigment. It yields colors ranging from orange to strawberry-red to magenta. Although food companies have long maintained that the pigment is safe and allergies are rare, some consumers have severe reactions. Keri Riegger, a 39-year-old full-time mother from Ann Arbor, Mich., still recalls the purple candy she consumed 11 years ago and the anaphylactic-shock reaction that followed: Her face swelled and breathing was difficult. Eight years ago, she drank grapefruit juice and experienced the same reaction. Only after the juice ingredients were analyzed was her allergy finally diagnosed. Now, Ms. Riegger avoids red and purple candy and reddish salad dressings. Vegetarians are rooting for the label change. A year ago, while sitting at a movie theater, Lucinda Hoffmaster first saw the word " carmine " on a box of Hershey Co.'s Good & Plenty candies. Not knowing what the word meant, the Montgomery, Ala., resident went home and Googled the word. " I was just horrified, " recalls the 57-year-old Ms. Hoffmaster, the mother of two vegetarian daughters. " I am thinking, 'Why do they put dried bugs' carcasses in a candy, a product marketed for children more so than adults?' " She has since stopped eating the candy. Hershey declined to comment. *Products containing cochineal-derived colorings: Good & Plenty Candy Dannon Fruit on the Bottom Boysenberry Yogurt Yoplait thick & creamy low fat strawberry yogurt Tropicana ruby red grapefruit juice Sobe Courage cherry citrus drink TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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