Apparently, some of your favorite red lipsticks are made from bugs. Yes, the cochineal ingredient you see listed on makeup products actually comes from dead insects. But don’t freak out. While it does ...

(CBS News) Are you a fan of Starbucks Strawberry Frappuccinos? How do you feel about eating bugs? The website thisdishisvegetarian.com reports Starbucks' Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino is not vegan, ...

Starbucks is coming under fire from vegans for using ground-up bugs to color its Frappuccinos, but the use of cochineal insects is actually common in the food industry. In fact, cochineal dye has been ...

Starbucks has declared that it will no longer use cochineal extract, an insect-derived red coloring, in its wares. If anyone is imagining that the use of this dye is rare or new, they’re mistaken. The ...

Have you ever heard of cochineal? And I am not referring to the upscale restaurant in Marfa, Texas, but to the small, scale insect native to our area. This insect lives on nopal, prickly pear, Opuntia ...

Starbucks items containing cochineal extract Items made with cochineal extract include the strawberries and crème Frappuccino, strawberry smoothie, raspberry swirl cake, birthday cake pops, mini ...

That natural red coloring in your food and makeup might come from a place that may make you cringe: The ground-up bodies of thousands of tiny insects. Thousands of miles from your local grocery store, ...

Food and drink manufacturers that color their products with cochineal extract and carmine must now declare the ingredients on the label under a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling. The FDA ...

Vegans and other vegetarians will be happy to know that, yesterday, Starbucks's (SBUX) company president Cliff Burrows made a de facto apology to vegans and others vegetarians, who were dismayed upon ...

Recently, California banned Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic food colourant used for 30 years over health concerns. Natural red dye, including used for food, has a very interesting story that includes ...

Aside from ingredients meant to make their beer taste better, there are also some ingredients that have sparked controversy. One of them is isinglass. While its name may sound pretty innocent, it is ...