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ever eaten anything with red in it? (like the icing decorations on the pictured cake)
https://www.livescience.com/36292-red-food-dye-bugs-cochineal-carmine.html
Also, ever eaten a shiny candy? Chances are is coated in confectioners glaze, which is a fancy word for shellac, which is an insect excretion.
Chocolate milk uses red algae as a stabilizer
https://smea.uw.edu/currents/theres-seaweed-in-your-milk-how-algae-drives-our-food-system/
That's pretty interesting.
You never think about it, but most of everything is dyed. And that dye has to come from somewhere.