03/05/2025
Here are 7 foods that contain the cochineal PARASITE for it’s color:
*Starbuck’s Raspberry Swirl Cake, Birthday Cake Pop, Mini Donut, and Red Velvet Whoopie Pie
*Kellogg’s Fruit Loops cereal and Fruit Snacks.
*Tropicana
*Betty Crocker’s red velvet cake mix
* Nesquik Chocolate Cookie Sandwich (Strawberry) and Nestle Wonka Nerds
*Skittles
*Dannon yogurt strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry flavors
Sidenote: It takes 40,000 of these bugs to create 1lb of dye.