[diablita]

I have been enjoying the new Tropicana Fruit Squeeze drinks in the lemon flavor for a few days now. I drink mostly water, but they've been a nice addition and have very few calories, and sucralose as a sweetener. I usually like to lighten my lemonade or fruit juice with water, so these fit perfectly.<br><br>
Today I bought their tangerine flavor, and didn't like it. I decided to look at the ingredients list for some reason: it has cochineal coloring in it. Because I'm familiar with colchicine (a med for people with gout) I immediately knew the root of that word. Cochineal coloring is made from insects. Gah! <img alt="razz.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/razz.gif">uke: They put insects in my drink. Talk about bug juice! And most people won't even know they're drinking insects, b/c of the fancy name they gave the coloring. Vegetarians beware!

 

[Nettie]

Vegetarians can't eat insects? I like the Squeeze drinks, too.

 

[Buxtehude]

Cochineal is in a lot of stuff.<br><br>
I try not to think about it.<br><br>
Yep, I'm in total avoidance.

 

[QuixoticNotions]

Hahaha..Okay, I'm sorry, but that's funny right there.

 

[Buxtehude]

I wonder what one of these insects looks like pre-pulverization.

 

[diablita]

since you asked:<br><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Cochineal_drawing.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[Buxtehude]

<img alt="" src="http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_softbugs/images/wpe1.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[QuixoticNotions]

Yummy, like strawberry icecream.<br><img alt="razz.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/razz.gif">

 

[sistergoldenhair]

OK, it's disturbing, but doesn't seem as creepy as the stuff that must be in the artificial coloring additives!

 

[AgentZero]

Let me tell you that you definitely don't want to think about the bugs, or more likely, pieces of insects that are in cereal. When I worked in a food testing lab several years ago, the gentleman who did the "filth" testing would show me what he found...most of the stuff he found was in cereal. This guy was great at identifying specificial what insect a particular part came from. Needless to say, I no longer eat cereal.

 

[QuixoticNotions]

Gee, thanks <img alt="razz.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/razz.gif">

 

[Alex]

Some examples of why ignorance is bliss....who needs to know is my take on this. As long as it's not killing me or something.

 

[drgenie]

Hey, bugs aren't VEGETARIAN!! The nerve!!!!<br><br><br><br><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[wyrillco]

sick. sick. sick.<br><br>
I could have gone all night without the bug pics. EW.

 

[merigayle]

So, i am reading some nutritional threads on a fitness forum and open a thread about Activia yogurt and guess what is in the strawberry flavor? CARMINE!!!!!! BEETLES!! This woman writes that there were a lot of ingredients on the label that she never heard of and looked it up and was shocked and disgusted.

 

[Durt]

hahahaha!!! newbie jerk in my office eats strawberry activa ALL the time. you made my day! mr. bug bowels.

 

[merigayle]

LOL!<br>
a lot of people responded with a lot of negative reactions to the activia yogurt. it was enlightening.<br><br>
bug bowels, lol.

 

[sistergoldenhair]

Noooo!!! I am halfway through the Activia two-week challenge because a co-worker with a sensitive digestive tract like me said it had helped her.<br><br>
And ... of course I have the strawberry!<br><br>
Ahhhh!!!!

 

[altoids]

bug bowels! <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> You're too much!

 

[Buxtehude]

Eh. I figure there are varying levels of bug bits, rodent leavings and plain old bacteria in most of the foods we eat. Gotta keep eating, yes?<br><br>
Eh.