Beetle juice, beetle juice …

Say it three times: Beetle juice is coating your vitamins. Wait, what? Beetle juice makes your jelly beans shiny. Let's stop before we get to No. 3. The beetle in question here is not a stripe-suited Michael Keaton, but the Laccifer lacca insect, which resin secretions are used to make shellac, the protective clear coating that's often used on wood products, like furniture and guitars. It's also called “pharmaceutical glaze” on pills, like Advil, and “confectioner’s glaze” on edible sweets, like sprinkles, to protect them from moisture. Other terms for it are “resinous glaze,” “pure food glaze” and “natural glaze.” And, yes, Lydia, beetle juice might even be coating your dark-chocolate-covered whatevers. Whoops, that's three, señora!