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# mmm...
The red ones are made out of crushed insects.*


*according to Stephen Fry
(whirlibulf, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:00, archived)
# sadly
thats not far from the truth

Look out for an ingredient (colouring) called something like cochineal (not sure about the spelling)

It is 100% of fact that it is made from cockroaches...

Google it if you are not a true believer
(well its not going to suck itself yadda yadda yadda, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:06, archived)
# beetles, not cockroaches
they're what give flamingos their colour.

fun fact!
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:20, archived)
# pedant.
Oh well - learn something new every day!
(well its not going to suck itself yadda yadda yadda, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:20, archived)
# cochineal
is 100% of fact that it is made from cockroaches

No it's made of beatles
(The.Third.Matrix.Twin, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:26, archived)
# ok ok
so its 80% of fact
(well its not going to suck itself yadda yadda yadda, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:27, archived)
# ;-)
i'm a pedantic little twat sometimes and i do apologise. Cockroach, beatle, pretty much the same thing
(The.Third.Matrix.Twin, Fri 17 Jun 2005, 16:30, archived)