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Chances are, food has been laced with insect based ingredients for decades, without people even realizing it

By typing "insect based yogurt" I've found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine#Regulations_for_use_in_foods

United States

>In January 2006, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluated a proposal that would require food products containing carmine to list it by name on the ingredient label.[15] It was also announced that the FDA will separately review the ingredient labels of prescription drugs that contain colorings derived from carmine. A request from the Center for Science in the Public Interest urging the FDA to require ingredient labels to explicitly state that carmine is derived from insects and may cause severe allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock was declined by the FDA.[16][17] Food industries were aggressively opposed to the idea of writing "insect-based" on the label, and the FDA agreed to allow "cochineal extract" or "carmine".[18]

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Yes, I'm aware of that one. They use it as food coloring, and they don't have to, other decent companies use beetroot juice as red coloring.

I always check ingredient on all food I buy, so far that's the only bug they use that I'm aware of. Crazy how much soy they put in stuff, difficult to find a bread without soy these days.

I also find it worrying that they don't put ingredient lists on alcohol.