Starbucks to stop putting insects in their coffee

The coffee-making giant Starbucks has announced that will no longer be using cochineal extract to produce a red tint in its beverages. The extract is created from crushing beetles and then processing the released juices.

Starbucks has said that it will start to use a red dye extracted from tomatoes.

The most common uses of the dye is in the creation of smoothies and miniature donuts.

The director of Starbucks commented that the change was to maintain the highest standard possible.

This does imply however that the previous highest standard required the use of insects in Starbucks products.

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