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Meet the parasite you probably didn’t know you are eating.Here are 7 foods that contain the cochineal PARASITE for it’s color:-Starbuck’s Raspberry Swirl Cake, Birthday Cake Pop, Mini Donut, and Red Velvet Whoopie Pie-Kellogg’s Fruit Loops cereal and Fruit Snacks.-Tropicana-Betty Crocker’s red velvet cake mix-Nesquik Chocolate Cookie Sandwich (Strawberry) and Nestle Wonka Nerds-Skittles-Dannon yogurt strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry flavorsSidenote: It takes 40,000 of these bugs to create 1lb of carmine dye.Parasites are the leading cause of cancer.https://imgflip.com/i/8x8v57