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Strawberry Yoplait yogurt is one of many foods colored with carmine - a natural, red dye made from crushed bugs
That bright red comes from something else called carmine. Oh, and it's made from squashed bugs. Squashed female cochineal bugs, to be specific. They're tick-sized critters native to Mesoamerica ...