Food and drink manufacturers that color their products with cochineal extract and carmine must now declare the ingredients on the label under a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling. The FDA ...

The Food and Drug Administration has decided that consumers have a right to know when there's a bug in their food (or lipstick). Well, sort of—under the new rule, ingredient labels on many food, ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link You'd never guess by their whitish-grey outsides, but the bodies of these little critters, called cochineal insects, are a deep purpley red, and ...

Cochineal beetles are rejoicing this month as the Hansen sweet potato proves a viable alternative for producing the carmine color crushed beetles have long added to foods and cosmetics. Chr. Hansen, a ...

Israeli lycopene expert LycoRed says it has seen a surge in demand for its tomato-based natural color Tomat-O-Red as a growing number of manufacturers follow Starbucks’ lead and seek a replacement for ...

Already one of the biggest companies in the huge flavorings and fragrances industry, Israel’s Frutarom got bigger last week. It acquired the flavors and natural food colors division of Peru’s Montana ...

This is not going to be one of those controversial fear-mongering food exposés, but we just thought there's something you ought to know: You're eating bugs. Much red food coloring, known as carmine or ...