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Calling cochineal a "parasitic beetle" is pretty silly, since it is not a beetle, and its host is a nopal cactus. A vanishingly tiny number of people care whet
by jacobolus 6y ago
Calling cochineal a "parasitic beetle" is pretty silly, since it is not a beetle, and its host is a nopal cactus.
A vanishingly tiny number of people care whether their food coloring contains crushed up bugs. I can guarantee you eat similar insects (aphids, etc.) on a regular basis in "vegetarian" or "vegan" food.
- LinuxBender 6y agoI agree with this. It is super easy to prove and many of them are still alive too. Just put a random set of vegetables in a container and wait. You will see flies, aphids and all manor of other bugs born in it. I sometimes even find fruit-flies when I do this. Same with meats. Meats contain larvae and well, I won't gross people out here. That is why I cook what I can and wash everything with apple cider vinegar, since I have so much of it anyway. Also important to keep stomach acid strong for this reason. I envy Vulchers for their super strong stomach acid.