Smarties are bugged
October 29, 2004 - 12:22PM
Vegetarians in Britain criticised the makers of top-selling sweet Smarties today for using an ingredient obtained from crushed beetles.
The brightly-coloured snack contains a red dye processed from the dried body of the female cochineal insect, collected in central America.
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Guinness uses isinglass, a form of gelatine made from fish bladders, in the production process to make the stout clearer.
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The second runner-up was Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts, which contains gelatine made from animal bones, according to the Vegetarian Society.
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that explains y the red ones taste better
