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- Dec 28, 2014
Whining about that was just pure hysteria. I have no problem with traditionally bug-derived food products (and incidentally cochineal bugs are actual true bugs unlike most things people call bugs).There's been bug powder used as a food dye for years. I remember 10+ years ago there was a big controversy online because Starbucks was using it in their strawberries and cream frappe for the pink color. It's called carmine, it's crushed up cochineal bug.
I don't even have an intrinsic problem with bugs/insects as a food source. I've always wanted to try locusts and honey like Saint John supposedly ate.
The gripe should really be that the Powers That Be seem to be hell-bent on forcing inferior substitutes on the masses for things of quality. This bug powder shit is part of a sinister agenda.