Guest guest Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Ah - Red 4, or carmine, is beetles. That's just kinda gross.... FD & C Red 40 (the coloring used in my jar of maraschino cherries) is not. Good to know, thanks, Donna! http://veglawyer.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/pink-lemonade-on-the-rocksthree-marasc\ hino-cherries-hold-the-beetle-please/ Audrey S. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:16 PM, <thelilacflower wrote: > > > I believe those cherries are dyed with the beetle juice. Better check on > the Net. A huge amount of red food coloring comes from a certain beetle. > Donna > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird <AudeeBird%40gmail.com>> > > Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:13:08 > < <%40> > > > Canned fruit - was Canned foods > > I like to have canned apricots with a few maraschino cherries -- and a > little cherry juice, too! I'm a maraschino cherry addict... > > Audrey S. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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