Scientists Are Making Cochineal, a Red Dye From Bugs, in the Lab, Innovation

Used to color foods and cosmetics, carminic acid is traditionally 'farmed' from an insect. But researchers are moving to engineer it in microbes

Experiments Archives - Refashioning the Renaissance

Experiments Archives - Refashioning the Renaissance

Carmine: What is the Bug in Your Makeup and Food – Biome US

How Farmers Make Red Dye From Bugs

Red Cochineal Dye (Carminic Acid): Its Role in Nature

Cochineal, a red dye from bugs, moves to the lab

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Carmine: What is the Bug in Your Makeup and Food – Biome US

Conagen develops sustainable intense red pigment carminic acid - Conagen, Inc.

Heterologous production of the widely used natural food colorant carminic acid in Aspergillus nidulans

PDF) Analysis of natural red dyes (cochineal) in textiles of historical importance using HPLC and multivariate data analysis