From yoghurt, jams, sweets, and tomato products, you've probably consumed at least one kilo of red dye in your life. That means that you've also ingested at least 70,000 cochineal beetles, according to survey in america. The beetle is crushed and used to make red dye.
Isinglass, or dried fish bladder, gives beer its golden glow. The BBC has done a piece on the substance since it is primarily used in British beers.
One more thing, L-Cysteine is an amino acid often used in dough conditioners, as a siftening agent when mass-producing breads. It is made from human hair or duck feathers. Although 80 percent of L-cysteine is made of human hair, it is said that McDonald's uses the duck feather variety in its Baked Hot Apple Pie's
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