carmine coloring is the result of boiling insects and taking the left over crystalized bits that turn out to be a natural red food coloring additive, it’s often in ruby red grapefruit juices.

also “cane sugar” is most likely refined through bone char filters, unless it is “organic” but since it doesn’t say it is, it most likely isn’t organic.

and just in general sucralose isn’t the best. they tested it on rats to invent it and it gives 100% of rats cancer but seemingly has no negative effects on people, and also it kills puppies, which they found out when developing it. it’s in the same family of artificial sweeteners as aspartame and splenda.

sorry.

i adore true blood and i was so sad when i sawr the ingredients list. i had to just make my own with some vegan orange soda and cran-rasberry juice. and maybe a nip of rum to forget about what “carmine” is. *shudder*

again, sorry, but i’d want someone to tell me if i was eating bugs.