George McJunkin (1851–1922) was an African American cowboy, rancher and amateur archaeologist whose extraordinary discovery ...

A dye extracted from crushed bugs might sound archaic, but it is surprisingly ubiquitous. Cochineal—parasitic insects that ...

As food companies face pressure to eliminate artificial dyes, experts weigh in on the natural alternatives that could replace ...

U.S. health officials announced plans to persuade food companies to voluntarily eliminate petroleum-based artificial dyes by ...

As artificial food dyes are becoming increasingly restricted at state and federal levels, some manufacturers are looking to switch to natural dyes to color their food products. US Food and Drug ...

Cochineal dyes are from the tiny dried and crushed bodies of female cochineal insects mostly and easily harvested from cacti in Peru, Giusti said. So intensely colored that just crushing them with ...

"To create that color with a natural source might require the use of cochineal, an insect about the size of a peppercorn.The female insects release a vibrant red pigment, carminic acid, in their ...