Beetle coloring in Starbucks’ Strawberries & Creme Frappuccinos bugs vegans

http://www.suntimes.com/ ^

[jakerobins]

When Starbucks changed its Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino mix, it made sure the new ingredients were dairy-free. But no one said anything about being bug-free.

Turns out the strawberry sauce used in the coffee chain’s Frappuccinos contains cochineal extract — made from the bodies of ground-up cochineal beetles.

Starbucks made the switch in January, when it aggressively moved away from artificial ingredients.

An anonymous vegan barista who works for Starbucks sent a picture of the sauce’s ingredient list to a vegetarian blog called

[jakerobins]

LOL! Vegans are angry....Anyone want to place bets until one of the Moonbats forms People for the Ethical Treatment of Bugs? Will they try and outlaw exterminators....HAHAHA

[Thane_Banquo]

Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino

Anyone who drinks a "Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino" (whatever that is) instead of good honest coffee like God intended, deserves to be eating bugs in their drink.

[Argus]

Kids love the great taste of ground-up beetles!

[DBrow]

I think that carmine red, cochineal, is not kosher either. Don’t know about halal.

The only thing that comes from bugs that is kosher is honey.

[ml/nj]

Anyone who drinks a "Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino" (whatever that is) instead of good honest coffee like God intended, deserves to be eating bugs in their drink.

LOL !

Agree.

ML/NJ

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

This really, really bugs me!

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Why don’t they just use beet juice instead of beetle juice for coloring? I have used it and it makes a beautiful color. Pink is my niece’s favorite color and I had a ‘Pink Day’ for her when she stayed with me- everything we ate that day was pink and I had to get creative with coloring for her oatmeal, tuna salad and mashed potatoes.

[jakerobins]

Sounds like a drink that would be big in SF! I bet lizard queen Pelosi drinks them down everyday or maybe she likes her bugs raw? LOL

[Not A Snowbird]

If a bunch of vegans were lost and starving in the jungle, and the only thing between them and death was a beetle, I bet they’d forget their veganism pretty fast.

[Scrambler Bob]

Didn’t John the Baptist eat Locusts and Honey?

[WMarshal]

Cochineal bugs are not all that gross. They are like aphids in that they suck juice from plants, specifically cactus. You can find them as far north as Phoenix where they commonly infest the pads of prickly-pear cactus. You don't see them directly because they spin a white, cottony webbing over themselves, typically around a group of thorns. Also they are so small they are hard to see individually.

Squeeze the cottony stuff between your fingers and it will stain them a purple red and it will not wash off. Before chemical dyes were developed in the 19th century cochineal was the best bright red dye available.

If you can eat a shrimp (cockroach-like, bottom-dwelling, scum suckers) these should not give you the creeps.

[fatnotlazy]

Why don’t they use...um...strawberries?

[End Times Sentinel]

I'm not entirely sure what “creme” and “frappucino” are, but wouldn't one of those include milk? Or are they calling some soy abomination “milk”?

[jakerobins]

Bugs don’t disgust me much....They are good protein. I would prefer a Big Mac but if you are starving out in the wilderness they can keep you alive. Fried with chili’s they aren’t that bad.....

[who knows what evil?]

Several varieties of yogurt contain 'ground up beetles', as well...I always take a few minutes to educate the ladies in the dairy aisle whenever I get the chance.

My wife would rather I didn't go grocery shopping with her, but I would hate to miss out. (Check Dannon's Blueberry flavor...CARMINE! It's in there, baby!)

[Gator113]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccbb0Pn5Lbw&feature=related

[who knows what evil?]

I experienced pink tuna fish once, but it was coming up instead of going down...baaaaaaaad sandwich.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Anyone who drinks a “Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino” (whatever that is) instead of good honest coffee like God intended, deserves to be eating bugs in their drink.”

And they are probably a Communist.

Real coffee consists of pure foamy espresso; formed when steam of the correct temperature and pressure is forced through correctly ground coffee.

Anything less, should only be consumed by someone in a Volkswagen Bug with a flower holder on the dash.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Beets would work too, but maybe not quite the desired shade and maybe costing more than beetles.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Bug Mac!