Tessa Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Help me out here, please.....what is the name of the food dye/coloring made from the ground up bugs? I was speaking with someone today and I couldn't remeber the name of it-drove me crazy and I can't search BT old posts. I was having a great conversation with some teachers about food dyes but couldn't remember that name!!! Thanks, Tessa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurensmom Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Help me out here, please.....what is the name of the food dye/coloring made from the ground up bugs? I was speaking with someone today and I couldn't remeber the name of it-drove me crazy and I can't search BT old posts. I was having a great conversation with some teachers about food dyes but couldn't remember that name!!! Thanks, Tessa Carmine? http://www.newstarget.com/002043.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 cochineal (or as my kids referred to it "red bug squish" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Thank you, thank you Laurensmom and Chemar . It was driving me buggy (bad pun!!) and now I know. BTW....I have thought of this in the past and never asked.......are there natural food colorrings available commercially? If one is baking and wanted to tint something, have you ever seen them from plants at the commercial or natural food markets? Thanks, again! Tessa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Hi Tessa our health store carries beet extract (for red colour) and blueberry for blue but I havent seen others (must confess I havent really looked!) I also saw something the other day that had grape skin extract for red colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjsmard Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I don't know if any one noticed this link as a commercial on top of this thread. Could be helpful to someone. http://www.organicdye.com/?referrer=Google Svetlana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 wow thanks Svetlana I must confess I never really look at the Google ads above the forum so I do appreciate you pointing that one out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 The Squirrel's Nest is a store I know of that sells natural candies and foods. I think they might sell all natural food colorings too. www.squirrels-nest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Well, thank you! I should have known that there'd be answers here. I'm going to check out the links. Thanks, Tessa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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