But today, Peru dominates the market, and Mexico’s cochineal farms are disappearing ... cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt. Indigenous people across Latin America traded it ...

For the National Geographic web series Ingredients, chemist George Zaidan studies what’s inside the food we eat and the items we commonly use. The extract of cochineal tends to come up a lot.

Squashed female cochineal bugs, to be specific ... But it wasn't until more recently that they made their way into commercial foods. From 1955 to 2010, the consumption of food coloring rose ...

The advent of synthetic dyes in the 19th century replaced cochineal as a major fabric and food dye. It is still farmed today principally in Peru and the Canary Islands. And if you have ever eaten ...

Cochineal was used to dye the cloaks of Roman Catholic cardinals and to color jackets that gave British "redcoat" soldiers their nickname. Today, cochineals are still a natural source of dye for ...

Squashed female cochineal bugs, to be specific ... But it wasn't until more recently that they made their way into commercial foods. From 1955 to 2010, the consumption of food coloring rose ...

Carmine, the intense red pigment harvested from the cochineal beetle that is widely used in color cosmetics, food and textiles is now available via animal-free biomanufacturing thanks to Debut's ...