See that tiny red bug? According to Smithsonian Magazine, 'Dried cochineal insects can be processed to create several natural dyes such as carmine and cochineal extract. Cochineal, Screenshot, Deep Look's YouTube Video, Canva Screenshot from Deep Look's You Tube Video, CanvaFoods That May Contain CochinealThere's a good chance that some of those foods we buy at our Texas grocery stores contain cochineal bugs. Especially when you consider people have been using these 0.2-inch-long, oval-shaped bugs to make natural dyes for hundreds of years, according to Smithsonian Magazine. For example, check out this drawing below from the 1700s that shows the harvesting of the cochineal bug.