Starbucks coloring Frappuccino with insects guts

[Misfit]

Is Starbucks coloring its Strawberry Frappuccino with insects? – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

The Daily Mail in Britain reports the company released a statement that explains they are using cochineal extract, which is derived from the ground up bodies of insects, as a way to give their popular drink that bright rosy, pink hue.

 

[RoseRed]

Dateline...

March 27th, 2012
08:25 AM ET

 

[Misfit]

Dateline...

:shrug:

Was this already posted?

 

[Baja28]

:shrug:

Was this already posted?

I heard it on WTOP a couple months ago.

 

[EvolutionIsBS]

Is Starbucks coloring its Strawberry Frappuccino with insects? – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

The Daily Mail in Britain reports the company released a statement that explains they are using cochineal extract, which is derived from the ground up bodies of insects, as a way to give their popular drink that bright rosy, pink hue.

Disgusting as it may sound, it's still healthier than McDonalds.

 

[acommondisaster]

I thought I heard that they were switching because PETA was all wadded up about it.

 

[Bann]

Is Starbucks coloring its Strawberry Frappuccino with insects? – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

The Daily Mail in Britain reports the company released a statement that explains they are using cochineal extract, which is derived from the ground up bodies of insects, as a way to give their popular drink that bright rosy, pink hue.

I think I'd be more worried about the calories in one of those, than the bug guts...

470 calories in one drink!
Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino® Blended Crème | Starbucks Coffee Company

 

[Baja28]

I thought I heard that they were switching because PETA was all wadded up about it.

That's what I heard on WTOP. That they were going to stop using bugs.