11. The felucca was carrying cocoa and cochineal from Puerto Rico to Cadiz. 12. Cochineal is used primarily as a red food colouring and for cosmetics.13. Soon cochineal began to arrive in European ports aboard convoys of Spanish galleons. 14. Hi, I'm trying to improve the article about Polish cochineal . 15. In regions dependent on cochineal production, pest control measures are taken seriously. 16. A shocking pink comes from the cochineal insect. 17. Luckily, Berenbaum has discovered a line of cosmetics guaranteed to contain no cochineal . 18. The field is frequently dyed with lac, an insect dye resembling cochineal dye. 19. It's about a lesser known, Central European cousin of the cochineal . 20. Cochineals were of value to the pre-Columbian societies of the Andes region.
