The Carmine [1] — a red dye most often made from boiled and dried Cochineals [2] — is frequently used in a lot of food products like ice-cream, candy, yogurt, j

The Carmine [1] — a red dye most often made from boiled and dried Cochineals [2] — is frequently used in a lot of food products like ice-cream, candy, yogurt, juices, cake, sausage, etc. So most of us probably unknowingly started to swallow insects laced food since long ago. Only became aware of it because one of my ex-colleague has severe allergic reactions to it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal