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no skittles are NOT made out of bugs or insects or anything like that, it's just pure sweetness in it like other candies.

Shellac is a secretion of bugs which is (or was) an ingredient in Skittles sweets, so the notion that they contain bugs came from that (though shellac is just a secretion from the bug, not the actual bug itself in body)

Shellac is edible and it is used as a glazing agent on pills and candies in the form of pharmaceutical glaze or confectioner's glaze depending on its use. When used for this purpose, it has the food additive E number E904.

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