the red in strawberry yoghurt, lipstick and campari was, until recently, crushed beetles: about 70,000 cochineal insects for a pound of dye. the shine on apples and jelly beans is shellac, from the lac bug.
method FDA regulations on carmine; Reisenman 2015 on cochineal yield.
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