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"Producing a kilogram of it requires 80-100'000 insects. Because of its high cost and the risk of allergic reactions, it's often replaced by synthetic dyes like
by mariuolo 9y ago
"Producing a kilogram of it requires 80-100'000 insects.
Because of its high cost and the risk of allergic reactions, it's often replaced by synthetic dyes like E122, E124 or E132".
- dotancohen 9y agoNote that both E122 and E124 are Azo dyes, which severely impact mental development. Those are two of the six dangerous food colorings that give all food colorings a bad name. In fact, the ground up bugs (E120) are much healthier than the synthetic products. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azo_dye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azo_dye