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Is there something mo’ hiding in your cuppa joe? A woman named Tay went to the doctor recently to address problems with her GI tract. “They thought I had Crohn’s disease, a gluten allergy, high [or] low blood pressure. you name it,” she recounted on TikTok. It turns out it was her coffee she was allergic to — and not the coffee itself, but an unexpected ingredient. The ingredient was cochineal, a scale insect that lives on cactuses. When crushed up, they create a deep red color. If you see “carmine”, “crimson lake” or “Natural Red 4” on an ingredient…

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