All the links rom iamcal.com 2005-02-08T07:30:00Z Flickr tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/730/ 2005-02-08T07:30:00Z 2005-02-08T07:30:00Z <p>so i was half right all along - yellow smarties are dyed with tartrazine (E102) which comes from coal tar. red smarties are dyed with carmine/cochineal (E120), which comes from crushed beetles. awesome!</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/