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What is Gelatin? What it is: Vegetarians and Muslims prepare to be shocked! The same stuff that puts the jiggle in Jello and other gelatin-based products is derived from collagen, a protein often collected from animal skins.Continue Reading…

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carmine, crimson lake, natural red 4, C.I.75470, E120, natural colouring. If you see any of these on a label then you know that cochineal is the source of the red colouring inside. It may come as a shock to learn that cochineal is derived from the cochineal insect,(Dactylopius coccus), aContinue Reading…

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