Starbucks uses bugs?

[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.