Comments on: Cochineal Coloring: Is that a bug in your food? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/is-that-a-bug-in-your-food/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Are There Bugs Inside of Figs? | Food & Think http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/is-that-a-bug-in-your-food/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Are There Bugs Inside of Figs? | Food & Think Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:39:34 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=535#comment-929 [...] there are bugs in much of our food, especially anything dyed red. Might as well get used to [...] [...] there are bugs in much of our food, especially anything dyed red. Might as well get used to [...]

]]> By: Lyndamae http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/is-that-a-bug-in-your-food/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Lyndamae Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:40:20 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=535#comment-880 Now what do you think?...well it is not a surprize!! If we knew what was in our food and how it was grown and fed before marketing we all would become farmers. Until we take a realistic look at what and where our food comes from to protect the workers and food production in our country and in other countries. It should be a universial protection of our food supplies by not importing from countries not following the rules. We put all sorts of chemicals natural or artificial in our foods. So it can have a good appearance, tast and shelf life required by the consumers. They would not have to put all these things in our foods unless the consumer insisted that it looked palitable. I grow up on a farm where food was fresh. It didn't always look like what we buy in the stores. Perfectly round, red, and no blemishes. Until we get real with our food supply the big companies will keep giving us perfect looking artificial food. We throw away good food because it is not in exceptable appearance to the consumer eyes. Just take a moment and think...the next time you go shopping, think about why you bought that bright colored wax covered perfectly round apple. I do not agree that companies should dictate to us what is put in our food. But we do need to take some reasponcibility too! Now what do you think?…well it is not a surprize!! If we knew what was in our food and how it was grown and fed before marketing we all would become farmers. Until we take a realistic look at what and where our food comes from to protect the workers and food production in our country and in other countries. It should be a universial protection of our food supplies by not importing from countries not following the rules. We put all sorts of chemicals natural or artificial in our foods. So it can have a good appearance, tast and shelf life required by the consumers. They would not have to put all these things in our foods unless the consumer insisted that it looked palitable. I grow up on a farm where food was fresh. It didn’t always look like what we buy in the stores. Perfectly round, red, and no blemishes. Until we get real with our food supply the big companies will keep giving us perfect looking artificial food. We throw away good food because it is not in exceptable appearance to the consumer eyes. Just take a moment and think…the next time you go shopping, think about why you bought that bright colored wax covered perfectly round apple. I do not agree that companies should dictate to us what is put in our food. But we do need to take some reasponcibility too!

]]> By: Charles F. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/is-that-a-bug-in-your-food/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Charles F. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:23:18 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=535#comment-79 I'd be willing to cut the Center for Science in the Public Interest some slack. But surely there can be some record where we can find reliable taxonomy information? In most cases, insects in my food would be frowned upon -- but, in this case, I definitely prefer "bug coloring" to some oil-based goo coloring. I’d be willing to cut the Center for Science in the Public Interest some slack. But surely there can be some record where we can find reliable taxonomy information? In most cases, insects in my food would be frowned upon — but, in this case, I definitely prefer “bug coloring” to some oil-based goo coloring.

]]> By: bug_girl http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/01/is-that-a-bug-in-your-food/comment-page-1/#comment-75 bug_girl Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:37:59 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=535#comment-75 Well, the Center for Science in the Public Interest certainly isn't very good at taxonomy: http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/center-for-science-in-the-public-interest-taxonomy-fail/ Personally, I find cochineal far safer than petroleum/coal based dyes, and it has the added bonus of supporting subsistence agriculture. Well, the Center for Science in the Public Interest certainly isn’t very good at taxonomy:
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/center-for-science-in-the-public-interest-taxonomy-fail/

Personally, I find cochineal far safer than petroleum/coal based dyes, and it has the added bonus of supporting subsistence agriculture.

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