Today, it is used as a fabric and cosmetics dye and as a natural food colouring, as well as for oil paints, pigments and watercolours. When used as a food additive the dye must be included on packaging labels.[24] Sometimes carmine is labelled as E120. A small number of people have been found to have allergies to carmine, ranging from mild cases of hives to atrial fibrillation and anaphylactic shock, with 32 cases ed to date.[25] Carmine has been found to cause asthma in some people.[24] Cochineal is one of the colours that the Hyperactive Children's Support Group recommends be eliminated from the diet of hyperactive children. Natural carmine dye used in food and cosmetics can render the product unacceptable to vegetarian or vegan consumers, many Muslims consider carmine-containing food forbidden (haraam) because the dye is extracted from insects, and Jews also avoid food containing this additive (even though it is not treif and some authorities allow its use because the insect is dried and reduced to powder[26]).
كما موضح أنها تسخدم في الأغذية تحت الرمز 120
وهي قد تسبب الحساسية و الربو حتى الصدمة بسبب التحسس
و كما يقول المقال أنها حرام عند المسلمين لأنها من الحشرات
الروابط المفضلة