Hi guys.... Right please tell me this isnt the case Ive had a few vegan clients asking if the Shellac is the same shellac from crushed beetles?
Please tell me its not!
Hi guys.... Right please tell me this isnt the case Ive had a few vegan clients asking if the Shellac is the same shellac from crushed beetles?
Please tell me its not!
The only thing I am aware of now beetle related is Cochinile - sp - that is beetle related and that is a lesser used red food colouring ( I consume no animal based products - not even hair spray as it is derived from prawns) but use shellac
McDonalds used to use this in their strawberry milkshake, not sure if they still do! x
not sure on the milkshakes and cochinle but just to add confustion mint popits (round chocolates in a box get them in england) they have Shellac listed as an ingredent as a life long vegetarian this made me say blugh !Are you sure about that? Do you know how long it takes to grow and gather all ther many little worms it takes, then dry them, then crush them up, to make cochinile dye?? It's kind of like harvesting all the little stamens for making saffron. Hugely expensive. With all the synthetic colourants these days, I cannot believe that Macdonalds use cochinile now or ever did. Not saying the didn't ... but I do find it hard to believe.
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not sure on the milkshakes and cochinle but just to add confustion mint popits (round chocolates in a box get them in england) they have Shellac listed as an ingredent as a life long vegetarian this made me say blugh !
so thats not the nail popits or the nail Shellac!
Are you sure about that? Do you know how long it takes to grow and gather all the many little worms it takes, then dry them, then crush them up, to make cochinile dye?? It's kind of like harvesting all the little stamens for making saffron. Hugely expensive. With all the synthetic colourants these days, I cannot believe that Macdonalds use cochinile now or ever did. Not saying the didn't ... but I do find it hard to believe.
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