- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: rejected by BuySomeApples (talk) 04:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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Carmine
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A cluster of Dactylopius coccus (cochineal scale) females growing in Barlovento, Canary Islands
- ... that the popular pigment carmine is created from boiled cochineal insects? Source: According to footnote 7 (http://www.food-info.net/uk/e/e120.htm) "Many products" contain carmine and according to footnote 6 (https://web.archive.org/web/20040823105609/http://threadsintyme.tripod.com/id63.htm), " To prepare carmine, the powdered insect bodies are boiled in ammonia or sodium carbonate solution..."
- ALT1: ... that carmine, the popular food pigment, is created from boiled insects? Source: According to footnote 7 (http://www.food-info.net/uk/e/e120.htm) "Many products" contain carmine and according to footnote 6 (https://web.archive.org/web/20040823105609/http://threadsintyme.tripod.com/id63.htm), " To prepare carmine, the powdered insect bodies are boiled in ammonia or sodium carbonate solution...".
- Comment: You can use either one, preferably the ALT1 hook.
Created by I'ma editor2022 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:17, 4 January 2022 (UTC).
- Comment This was originally added at WT:DYK—I've given it a nom page and fixed a bad header. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 01:40, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi there, I'ma editor2022, and welcome to DYK! Unfortunately, articles featured here need to either have created, expanded fivefold, or promoted to Good Article status within the past week, which doesn't seem to be true for this article. Have a great rest of your day! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 01:41, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
