10/18/2025
The candy industry is a 252 billion dollar global industry. They know all the unique and sometimes tricky ways to get animal products into your sweet treat.
Check out some of the interesting moves made by the candy industry:
* Using crushed beetles to get to a red colored candy
* Using gelatin which is the connective tissues found in pigs, fish and cows for consistency
* Using shellac from the lac bug to make the hard outer shell of candy
Grossed out enough? So let’s get to it.
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