Ignorance is cochineal :)
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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April 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
A bug in Tropicana?? Sick!
April 27th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Aparna,
You have company, if that can be of any consolation!
April 27th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
shocked,iam buying this for my two year old son.
won’t but it anymore
April 28th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Your post apart, i am simply amazed at the speed and ease with which you seem to find topics for ur blog…..:)…i may or may not agree with all your opinions, Mr.karthick, but you are a perfect blogger…Always updating and always egging for a reaction…..
April 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
babu,
Honestly, i am not even sure how to react to stuff like these.
The fact that i dont drink tropicana helped perhaps.
Last weekend, i drank Limca after a loong time. Now who knows what would’ve been inside it??
IF we think too much i guess our lives would get too complicated.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
ratna,
Thank you:) I wish i had done better than what i am doing though…
July 20th, 2008 at 7:12 am
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