New-York tribune., 1871-12-21
CANDY POISONING.
THE ADULTERATION OF CONFECTIONERY-AN OLD
WARNING REPEATED.

WARNING REPEATED.
As the Christmas holidays approach, candy
becomes an object OF uncommon interest, and families
that use much OF this luxury than ever desrous
of knowing whether their favOte confectioner deal
ing out poison TO them harmless sugar, harmlessy
coorad and favored The adulteraons OF confectionery
are 80 numerous and subtle that the only very safe ad
vice that can be given buyers make your purchases
at old established stores and pay the highest market
price, At all events let one buy candy that has evil
IDENTIFY cost much labor when 1t Is offered TO them at ess
than tine price OF sugar There are 80 or 10 extensve
confectionery manufactures in this city beside hund
reds operating or smaller SCALE 1t has been stated
rcpeaedy In the that threcquarers OF the
candy made IN this city is aduterated and when 1t is
considered that millions of pounds are shipped annually
from here to all parts Of the globe the mischief done by
these deleterious compounds is seen to be immense
Good candles contain nothing but sugar, with small
quantity Of coloring and navoring matter and such
will not decay Of the teeth as rapidly az
bread For has been found by experiment that when
bread is packed against TOOTH the fermentation whch
eats away the enamel begins at the expiration OF the
twelfth hour but sugar similarly placed viii not pe gin 10
nure the tooth till after tho seventeenth hour Inc req
colorng good candy is secured by the use OF small
portion of cochineal which Is animal colorng 30 dell
cate that is used In standard medicine for weakly
babies Tho yellow color Of genuine candy produced
by the slight admixture Of saffron, another harmless
material Fruit and chocolate candies rate higher than
the Others and be made as to be quite har1ne
confecioners basis for these the best refine"
and add the finest almonds hlbert pistacho nuts
gum arabic, cherrypits and licOrice
THE INGREDIENTS OF ADULrERArED CANDY
Tho most outrageous practces resOrted to In almost
every branch of the trade to impose their worse than
worthless products the public. Take for instance
p,arrons gioeks which respectable confeconers make
from Italian and French nus-the former, from Lucca
being the best The swndlers make these candies prtn
cpaly out of sweet potatoes and ToDta beans. Their
chocolate creams very little genuine chocolate or
ugar in them The exterior s made Of cocoa shells AMI
the interior alba mixed with lard to maze them
soft and soluble the tongue The liquor In their cor
dial candies Is made Of fsel OIL Where the genuine ar
cle has almonds used and in place OF otat
Of roses rosewater mixture Of geraniun extract
several years ago there considerable excitement
fns %ea1Hy o f"y Of candy in woo
and other obscure streets VINO llale on
stories were told OF the atonishment OF ladies OF the first
circles meeting each other In these cheap stores a
known 10 beg the lace paper OF Broadway dealer which
| had their firm name stamped upon IL, III , ora,,
that the cheap wares might appear upon elegant
tables under a respectable imprint -, .oo,.
Impure candy runs through the entire range OF swees
ranre from 10 to 80 per cent the rest made Of
materials which are absolutely mIoHncng nn,nito"n
OF the heart, cOstiy and stone Bcscs there ehfr
almonds suphuc acid very badly decayed cheese ami
ecrystallized substalce resulting ir0n e ~ St ~
crude petroleum. Macy tnrse at '""e
| 90 per cent Of poisonous matter.
Terra alba or white earth. more largely than
caine fist as ballast from Ireland. has also been Imported
from France and ERgan ana horsbsads ng% OF @
every year in this country for adasrans IL Is h,nh e
ssd"terat"d sometmes to such an cxtcnt that three
tea spoOnfuS required to swecten emp ot Tea IL ais"
tnts,s rtar lESeT H Tra so ' a When rs broa a. ballast
from Europe considered worthless put IN hh rVi
hour knavish confrctioncr. noticing isayaabty a,
substitute for sugar, began 10 use 1t. Tis eartn is
delicate substance Which has oeen & gou1h h ps soe NE
gritty sensation In the mouth when 1t IL eaten with even
of 1 for @eaYss dns hnn e at St
1tc apound, while good sugar costs about 10
This article enters into almost every one of the 1870
varieties OF candy In ozengcs adult are almost
iozenges made FOR IA cents pound so cheap are
the materials employed. The other INGREDIENT. are
the aIpcarance and the weight OF and tho starch
and glue hod them 0setner ra Scs aoa arr
four and soapstone The glue used costs few cents
p"nd pmdrop % can Be easily distinguished rom the counter
rct The genuine Will stretch almost like India-rubDr,
toe. Mo ' viii mot strpch At the oldest candy
city. vial shown 70 the writer containing adnltr-
"artl, inv 4, the bottom " lie vial and dnty br' Nn
liquid co!ord by the br. sn sugar Used occ'iied tho
''S' " ' POISONOUS coIoGs.
Candy when first ua,e is white unless composed OF the
vest materials. As suits the pubic to colored.
|
cochnca aud saffron. The red color USUALLY pIoduce
| by umbolinr which is obtained in u crysai.zed orni
from coal tar during Its process of refining small or-
ton Of this dangerous precipitae IL placed In y>f
aud quantity 0f alcohol poured upon 1t, "irh Il y y
nediatey ready for use. Before IL sniNed "!th IA"
alcohol Is bright green. but subsequently turns r
magenta hue. With this poisonous compound tae candy
for % an ounce, and will equal i'll colorins stra NIT,
twenty times Its %eSnt o. sr socinsa An mo, ot
candy be coorcd by this mixture for 10 crns %hrh
| in fifulf Ia EaN
sometimes produced with fnchsne an anliue color, or
| with minlun, commonly known as red lead.
| POISONOUS FLAyoKs.
All candies are favored. and Of these favors many
very dangerous and deadly posons. The vari-
cites lea likely be doctorcd" Glove sassafrs,
and wintcrgreen. These oils low-priced and thu
manufacturers can afford them honestly. Pepper
mint oil Is made Of all grades and that used IN the low.
priced candy principally turpentinc Lemon and en-.
namon are similarly aduterated, an, tn. o'i produced
but when reduced to an essence and poured INTO n. ai
made candy it adds its quota to the danger with but
The iavors used n the higher grades of candies
s more asr or ar r yeur The e avo
peach pear pineapple d Sspana scsy SS arI The s
Ds supSSFo Of sc sna S
tard sf into pssSii WHICH @ sel oil enters lsrss This oil s
produced from grain. and Is known to DO great pro-
hardly think their day satisfactorily completed unless
they have eaten Gaarer Of Ro1nd oi sugared 81;
To such il may to know that the favor Of
the almond bitten produced by the oil Of bitter almonds
poison Of which very small quantity would servo TO
THE EXPECTS THE PoIsoNs.
The consequences Of eating sparingiy OF these
noxious compounds cannot be Overesmated Many dis
eases which torment adults known TO date their orr
gin from the sweet things consumed in childhood Tho
newspapers occasionally discover an instance which
shows that candy has been instrumental In killing