Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-08
WHITE STAIR BAKING POWDER.
A Perfect Manufacture by ST. Paul Firm
Strong Recommendation by Prof. Peck

A Perfect Manufacture by ST. Paul Firm
Strong Recommendation by Prof. Peck
ham.
Granger & Hodge, of No. 62 sibley street,
had men employed yesterday todeliver at every
dwelling house in st. Paul a sample can of the
White Star baking powder, concerning which
the State chemist writes as follows:
LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINI, Office
of State Chemist, Minneapolis, Dec. ~, 1879.
iMessrs Granger d. Hodge, st. Paul. linn.
Gentlemen :-Aiter thorough chemical analy-
sis of your White Star baking powder, find
that it contains no alum, phosphates, terra
alba, or any ingredients whatever not perfectly
healthful when used with articles of diet. 1t
is made from grape cream tartar as a basis,
with the attendant ingredients so exactly COM
bined as to render its action perfect for baking
purposes.
am now using it in my own family and can
recommend it in the highest terms a pure
grape cream tartar baking powder. l think it
is The very best article l ever examined, hav-
neutral solution. Very respectfully, yours,
S. Z. PECkHAM,
Professor of Chemistry.
Physicians who have had OCCASION to observe
the effect of authorizations and hurtful COM
pounds in food preparations, have acclaimed
against baking powders more than any other
article of common use. Such powders too Oft
en- contain alum, ground stone, clay and even
mineral poisons, and when so adulterated,
as they are for the purpose of extorting
from consumers a larger profit than can be had
on pure goods, are an evidence of reckless dis
honesty which may be traced to the demoraliza-
ton of the speculative and gambling era now
passing away. And this pure article, as recon-
mended and endorsed by such good authority
as Prof. Peckhan, may be taken as one evil
dence Of a revival of commercial honor to meet
the growing demand of the people for honest
goods.
The White Star baking powder is not sold in
bulk. d ia offered only in cans and upon the
label of each can is the signature of Granger b
Hodge. The weight of powder in these cans
will be found exactly as labeled, and weight is
the only correct measure, as the correct ingre-
dients Of baking powders are heavy, while the
adulterants are usually light.
The White Star baking powder is made from
grapeicream tartar crystals, ground by Granger
& Hodge, and combined with other refined in
gradients under the direction of competent
chemist. The result is an article chemically
and commercially pure, having such strength
that less quantities are required than of infer
ior or common baking powders.
Accompanying each baking powder can,
Messrs. Goanger & Hodge furnish few recipes
showing fe1 of the triumphs of the kitchen
which may be achieved by using the White
Star. Perfection biscuit, easy made bread, ap-
pie dumplings, corn bread, and -four and
buck-wheat griddle cakes are provided for by
these receipts an full directions for general use
also accompany each can.
In connection with their wholesale trade in
teas, coffees and spices, and through their
association with the general jobbing trade of
the city and Northwest, Messrs. Granger &
Hodge will doubtless quickly introduce their
White Star baking powder throughout this and
adjoining States. From the results of Prof.
Peckham's thorough analysis it may be judged
that it will have a very large sale, and will go
far to drive adulterated baking powders out of
use in all this part of the country.