Jacquard Products Jacquard Cochineal Natural Dye, 1-Ounce 3-Pack

I was looking for a natural dye to create pink Easter eggs (beets always turn my eggs beige), and these little bugs worked great. In a quart of water, a boiled about 10 of the insects until the water turned pink. Then cooled the water and dyed the hard-boiled eggs by soaking them in the dye bath for a few hours. The pink was very bright and clear. Plus, my daughter thought it was pretty cool that we were using bugs to dye eggs.In case you are wondering about the safety of this for use with eggs, my understanding is that cochineal is used as a food dye for many red or pink colored foods, as an alternative to the FD&C red food dyes, which are derived from coal tar.

Handcrafting liqueurs, needed coloring - half teaspoon, crushed to powder with mortar and pestle, richly tints a liter. Very happy with results.

Best natural red dye, five star

My friend and I used this for Eco printing and the colors were beautiful on our silk fabrics.

Used these for a science experiment on pigments. Very cool!

Excellent quality. Thanks.

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