Monday, March 11, 2019

New sweet potato dye spares bugs and pleases vegans

Nobody wants to die—even a bug tries to run rather than being squashed. So cochineal beetles are rejoicing this month as the Hansen sweet potato proves a viable alternative for producing the carmine color crushed beetles have long added to foods and cosmetics. Chr. Hansen, a bioscience company based in Denmark and founded in 1874, developed and commercialized the Hansen sweet potato™ Ipomoea batatas. “For the first time, we’ve created a whole new variety of vegetable to create the...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/new-sweet-potato-dye-spares-bugs-and-pleases-vegans
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