Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

Color in goods is beetle "juiced"

FDA considering label disclosures. The bug-derived additives that produce rich hues in yogurt, caviar and blush can spur allergic reactions.

Washington - Never mind that fly in your soup. Instead, consider the bugs that may be in your juice, yogurt and eye shadow.

The Food and Drug Administration is deliberating a rule that would require food companies to state on their labels that a product contains an additive made out of bugs that, when crushed and processed, yields a rich red or a vivid orange color.

The additives produce the lovely pinks, purples and reds that perk up juices, frozen confections, cosmetic face blush, the cherries in fruit cocktail that little kids love, port wine cheese, artificial crab meat, strawberry milk drinks, caviar, a fruit-based aperitif and other products. They also trigger allergic reactions in some people.

The additives, carmine and cochineal extract, have been used for centuries and come from a female beetle imported from Peru, the Canary Islands, Bolivia, Chile and South Africa.