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A forwarded mail from one of my friend’s friend

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Hi,

Just wanted to send a couple of links and share an experience with you all. A few days back from my office cafetaria, I picked up a tropicana beverage that contained a blend of Orange, Banana and Strawberry. As I am always suspicious & paranoid (sigh !!), I checked the ingredients. There was a “Cochineal Extract” that aroused my suspicion, but I convinced myself thinking it was likely to be a sea weed. However, after buying it, but before consuming it, I “googled” for that term and found some information, which made me discard that beverage.

Basically it is a small bug. They add it for colour and flavour. I can’t believe that these companies have been adding BUGS& insects in to our beverage !!!! eeeww!!!!

Looks like there has been a new FDA regulation that forced these companies to declare such ingredients.

I don’t want to describe more, and those of you interested in the details, take a look at the following links.

http://www.vegparadise.com/news13.html

http://www.knowledgeforthirst.com/2003/cochineal-extract/

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