If dyes were not added to Coca-Cola, then it would be green.

It seems to be okay - there are a lot of green drinks. But with what they "paint" the famous Coca-Coly, it's really curious. According to the results of the research, it was found that the composition of the mysterious extract of "Coca-Cola" - one of the ingredients of the drink includes a natural dye carmine or food additive "cochinelle", it is also carminic acid, which has been assigned the international index E-120. What is a cochineal? Cochinel is a species of insects of the families of the coccid suborder, from the females of these insects they get carmine - red paint (the color of the Cola label).