<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span>Courtesy of today's (April 20, 2012) Spokesman-Review.</span><br><span></span><br><span>------------------------------------</span><br><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); line-height: 21px; "><h1 style="overflow-x: visible !important; overflow-y: visible !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 28px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; clear: both; line-height: 1.2; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Starbucks dropping dye made from crushed bugs<br></h1></span></span></div><div><span>NEW YORK – Starbucks Corp. says it will stop using a red dye in its drinks that is derived from crushed bugs.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The Seattle-based coffee chain said in a blog post on its website Thursday that it made the decision to reformulate its drinks after feedback from consumers prompted a “thorough” evaluation.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The company says it will swap out cochineal extract, which is made from the juice of a tiny beetle, and instead use lycopene, a tomato-based extract.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cochineal dye is widely used in foods and cosmetics products such as yogurt, lipstick and shampoo. Starbucks had used the coloring in its strawberry flavored mixed drinks and foods like the raspberry swirl cake and red velvet whoopie pie.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The company says the items will be reformulated by the end of June.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>---------------</div><div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); line-height: 18px; "><h3 style="overflow-x: visible !important; overflow-y: visible !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Drinks, desserts</h3></span><div>Starbucks had used the coloring in its strawberry flavored mixed drinks and foods like the raspberry swirl cake and red velvet whoopie pie.<br><span></span><br><span>------------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></body></html>