Carmine: version 1

Saved 2026-09-12 15:44 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: ## Added: Morositas Berry 50 g (EAN-8 87306361, GTIN-14 00000087306361) Taken from the wanted queue (old Barcodepedia title "morositas berry morbide"), claimed as `discover-e81e5c`, researched from t. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Carmine <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Carmine
name.it: Carminio
e_number: E120
vegan: no
vegetarian: no
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name      | type     | locale | from | until |
| --------- | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| E120      | e_number |        |      |       |
| Carmines  | name     | en     |      |       |
| Carminio  | name     | it     |      |       |
| cochineal | search   | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                                                     | title                                                                  | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published  | record_id | locator                       | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| wpcarmine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine                                   | Wikipedia: Carmine                                                     | 2026-09-12 | Wikipedia       | publication |            |           |                               | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| img2020   | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/008/730/6361/3.jpg | Open Food Facts photo 3: Italian side panel, ingredients and nutrition | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts | pack        | 2020-07-02 | 3         | Side panel of the 50 g carton | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | off      |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Bright red colour E120, the aluminium complex of carminic acid, which is extracted from scale insects such as the cochineal.[^wpcarmine] Printed as CARMINIO among the colourants of the Italian Morositas Berry label, and as CARMINII on its 2018 revision.[^img2020]
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