Starbucks uses bugs?

[auffant1]

http://m.now.msn.com/now/0327-starbucks-frappuccino-insects?ocid=todnow11

Pretty strange in my opioin. If I drank these (which I don't) I would stop.

[Stephen]

nothing wrong with that

[beth]

insects are used in lots of things as a waxing agents (i think). battenberg cake and marzipan has them in.

[JerseySafety]

hmm not a big deal. and I never drink strawberry. chocolate ftw :D

[wiktoria]

yeah, insects are used in a lot of things. nothing wrong with that.

[buttons]

lmao there are worse things in your food than insects

[Chris]

Didn't know they put insects in food, but it doesn't bother me anyway :P

[Mikey]

Doesn't bother me to be honest, they taste nice so yeah and they've been doing it for ages.

[iBlueBox]

Already known.

Insects are in the majority of things.

[geo]

Yeah, quite old news to me. I've been aware there were bugs in some foods for a while.


lmao there are worse things in your food than insects

CALORIES!!!!!!!!!!!!111

[myke]

It says extract anyway so it's not like they squish bugs and are like *plonks hundreds in* :/ ... I don't drink starbucks anyway.

[Succubus]

Knew this already!
It doesn't put me off.
Like a food chain, Sun > Plants > Bugs > Animals or people.
Soo...

[brandon]

Never had one but this hasn't put me off and I definitely need to try one sometime.

If insects are good enough for Timon and Pumbaa they're good enough for me.

[Oleh]

Good job I only like caramel frappucino's then :), but of course, I couldn't care less if the drink I was drinking had millions of crushed up bugs in.

[Richie]

Most things have insects in them, some are microscopical but still there. I don't like to think about it.

[dbgtz]

Insects get in a lot of things even if they're not meant to be there.

[Jazz]

knew this aha, they uses cow fat in maccy dees milkshakes as well mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Seikou]

well, if we eat animals like cows & chickens, why not insects? lool
doesn't matter to me as long as it tastes good haha

[jasey]

This is a stupid grab by whoever wrote this at a news story. A huge part of any food that is pink or red uses cochineal bugs for dye. This probably first became a 'breaking news' thing in the nineties if I remember correctly but as the article states, it is an


ingredient that's been around for centuries.

It just boggles my mind that they are bringing this up a couple decades after it became mainstream. Are they going to write a news article on every popular food or beverage that uses cochineal to get a pink or red colour?

[SackRace]

Never go to starbucks so doesnt bother me.

[Jurv]

i don't go in there very often so it doesn't really bother me.
it probably still wouldn't bother me if i was a regular customer anyway, haha!

[Aaron]

Not that much of a big deal to me, I don't go to Starbucks. :P

[=Lizzy]

i dont drink stuff like that anyway

water ftw yay

[Showder]

Insects are used in everyday life e.g Wax, Food etc
Don't worry, it ain't poisonous.

[Charlie]

I didn't know this but it doesn't bother me too much, it's the only thing I drink from Starbucks so some insects aren't about to stop me enjoying a good strawberry frappuccino.

[JerseySafety]

had starbucks today and it was deliiccciiooous <3

who cares really, not gonna stop people getting there beverages