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So you don't like beetle juice, huh?

 
Cochineal beetles have long been used to color food and beverages a sunny shade of reddish-pink. But just ‘cause it’s natural doesn’t mean consumers were quick to lap it up.

 

This past January, Starbucks launched an aggressive effort to move from artificial ingredients to all-natural. Beetles were part of the swap. Once a vegan barista discovered the switch-up, the Detroit Free Press reports, he alerted a vegan blogger and the news took over the ‘Net.

 

Starbucks has since announced that they are eliminating beetles not just from their strawberry-flavored drinks, like the tasty Strawberry Frappuccino, but they’re also removing it from the Raspberry Swirl Cake, Red Velvet Whoopie Pie and various other pink- and red-colored treats. It’s replacement? Lycopene.

 

Lycopene is a tomato-based extract that is, like the cochineal beetle, completely natural. Its origin, however, seems to be going a long way to soothe outraged coffee consumers. Vegans across the globe are rejoicing.

 

What do you think of this change, hunnies? Did you care about the beetles being used for coloring?
 
 

BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 4/20/2012 12:53:00 PM

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Helen S.!!!!
so if i have my period why is so little blood coming and why is it brown? and how do i tell my mom?

 

 

hey! Sometimes it can be brown that's not too unusual. Just tell your mom you need to talk to her alone sometime and let her know that you got it. If you have any questions at all she and your doctor are your best resources. Don't be scared, I know you can do it. Just take a deep breath and talk it out with her. 


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by bubbles3956 on 4/20/2012 6:30:55 PM

 
 



MOD MOD MOD! i need an answer soon!
so yesterday i think i got my period, it was brownish and a little rusty red. but for the rest of the day and that night i saw no more blood! and today i saw a little more but it was only brown! do i even have my period?

 

hey! Yes it sounds that way to me,but you should tell your mom so that you can be sure. good luck chica!  


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by bubbles3956 on 4/20/2012 6:22:27 PM

 
 

beetles? what the heck!! lol i never knew that....eww sooo weird. and i've never had Starbucks so i guess it doesn't matter to me.

by Alykat18 on 4/20/2012 5:46:52 PM

 
 

I am vegetarian trying to go vegan so yes, I do care a lot about the beetles.

by Cutesweetie2017 on 4/20/2012 5:29:52 PM

 
 

I dont really care if they put beatles in it, i mean, it tastes good, its good for you, what else can you ask for?

by ColosalMascara on 4/20/2012 5:10:32 PM

 
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