Why are doughnut boxes usually pink?

Why are doughnut boxes usually pink?

"Scientists have genetically engineered the donut boxes to produce lower levels of an enzyme present in conventional boxes that converts the pink pigment lycopene to the yellow pigment beta carotene.“

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The Cambodian donut shop across the street from me in Ohio only had the standard white boxes.

That was my thinking. I have never seen a pink donut box. Possibly the photo in this article is the very first time. So “usually” strikes me as being wildly inaccurate.

Huh . . . I’ve never seen a pink donut box, ever.

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Re: Voodo Doughnut

Bonus points for “The Magic Is In The Hole” slogan.

I have to ask: Are you considering starting a new religion? You know, “if the prophet won’t go to the mountain, the mountain will go to the peophet” and all that?

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In order to remind the buyers of the toothless gums they will soon be sporting

I’ve literally never seen a pink donut box.

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