Carmines and carminic acid are obtained from aqueous, aqueous alcoholic or alcoholic extracts from Cochineal, which consists of the dried bodies of the female insect Dactylopius coccus Costa.
Karmiine ja karmiinhapet saadakse emase kilptäi Dactylopius coccus Costa kuivatatud kehade (košenilli) vesi-, vesi-alkohol-või alkoholekstraktidest.