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| Subject: | [Health_and_Healing] Starbucks' Frappuccino dye made from insects |
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| Date: | Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:19:34 -0700 (PDT) |
| From: | Sue Cifelli <prmis11@yahoo.com> |
| Reply-To: | Health_and_Healing@yahoogroups.com |
Beware: Starbucks' Soy Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino is NOT vegan
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Remember when we were happy to report that Starbucks had unveiled a new vegan-friendly However-You-Want-It Frappuccino? Well we are very, very unhappy to now report that the Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino as well as the Strawberry Smoothies (both made with soy milk) are NOT vegan.
A barista for the Seattle-based coffee company wrote to us:
Hi! I'm a vegan who currently works as a barista at a Starbucks in the midwest, and I wanted to let you guys know that the Strawberries and Cream Frappucinos and Strawberry Smoothies at Starbucks are NOT vegan. The strawberry sauce we use contains "cochineal extract". My guess would be that the recipe changed about three or four weeks ago, when our strawberry sauce got new packaging. I was hoping you guys could help get the word out there so that no veg*ns end up drinking this formerly vegan frappucino by mistake! Thanks. :)She also snapped a picture of the packaging:
For those wondering, cochineal extract is a red dye made out of dried female cochineal insects. And to put things in perspective, according to PETA it may take as many as 70,000 cochineal to produce 1 pound of the red dye.
So vegans, beware. It just goes to show, even if we get the thumbs up on supposed vegan products, it's always good to double check packaging, if possible. You never know when something new will be slipped in.
What a shame.
We do have an email out to Starbucks for a comment on this issue
UPDATE 3/16/2012 5:30 p.m ET. We received word from Starbucks. According to a Starbucks spokesperson:
At Starbucks, we strive to carry products that meet a variety of dietary lifestyles and needs. We also have the goal to minimize artificial ingredients in our products. While the strawberry base isn’t a vegan product, it helps us move away from artificial dyes.UPDATE 3/26/12 Sign the petition at Change.org. Starbucks: Stop using bugs to color your strawberry flavored drinks Red beet, black carrot, purple sweet potato and paprika are all-natural alternatives to artificial dyes and safe for those with dietary restrictions. (And those who don’t want crushed bugs in their designer drink.)
Many Starbucks ingredients can be combined to create a beverage free from animal-derived products; however, we are unable to guarantee this due to the potential cross-contamination with other animal-derived products in our retail locations.
Daelyn Fortney | Facebook |@daelyn | emailGreenville, SC Daelyn is the co-founder and managing director of This Dish Is Veg. She handles the daily operations of the site including advertising, story idea generation, and website promotion as well as managing the volunteer contributors. Along with her work at TDIV, Daelyn is an editor for a gift-giving website and mother of three daughters.
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