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Old 12-24-2014, 03:49 AM   #250
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Crushed insects are used in food colouring: Red E120 (cochineal) is made from bugs.
A very old method. Snails were used back in antiquity to give robes their purple color. The process was so expensive (as it required so many snails) that only the very wealthy (such as kings) could afford it. Hence 'royal purple.'
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