, 1886-05-04
WHAT Is PUT IN CANDY.
MANUFACTURERS TELL HOW THE
SWEETS ARE ADuLTERATED.

Cochincal and other Colors - other
Secrets Of the Confectionery Trade.
"Why, there is not enough of poison in a
barrel OF candy to kill a chicken said a
dealer yesterday. "The real fact Is, the
greater portion Of candy has no coloring in
it q all as it is nothing but pure crystal
lized syrup. What few tints are given to
the product are merely superficial. You
see this peppermint here with the bright
streaks running round it like a grape
yine7 Wen, that is an outside color, and
Is nothing but the result Of water and a
slight proportion OF cochineal.
AS for glucose being hurtful, ! am as
toulshed ut the ignorance Of any man, who
would maket the charge. Why, 1t is simply
the extract Of corn and potatoes, and it is
the great principle OF what photographers
cali the staff of life. Some Of those fell
lows down Mt Annapolis have got an idea
in their heads that glucose is a horrible
poison which ~candymakers are smearing
oNe all the sweetmeats that go out. II
they would turn their attention to some
Of the real grievances OF the country and
stop letting their waggish constituents
impose upon them, they would have more
than enough TO do. Moreover, 1t is not
quite a year ago since a convention of
chemists and other learned men in Wash
ington decided hat glucose was not in
furious to health. A full Investigation Of
the matter was made.
GLUCOSE SAID TO BE HARMLESS.
"Glucdse is manufactured in large
quantities and is now almost universally
used. Buffalo and Chicago ships thous-
ands Of barrels Of it every week. We do
not make it here, although Baltimore
ranks as perhaps the second largest candy
manufacturing city in the union. There
Is one house here that turns out a ton Of
candy every day. They have customers in
all parts OF the United States and Europe.
A number Of the smaller houses here send
candy TO England, but the returns are so
slow that commerce in that quarter is not
sought after.
It may he true that there are some few
abuses In the candy business at present,
but they are not accomplished through
the use Of glucose. There is a toy manu-
f%ucturer who has recently been flooding
the country with painted gew-gaws, which
were never intended to eat. Among these
is the gaudy Christmas-tree fruit which
has come into such general use Of late years
1t might properly be compared to the
tabled Dead Sea fruit. which is said to
turn bitter nshcs on the lips. Children put
it In their mouths n suck the paint off it.,
when il makes them deadly sick. The
proper remedy for this would be for
parents to exclude it from the household
In oar establishment we use only three
colors chrome yellow, carmine and cochi-
neal-the latter Of which is very expensive.
Carmine produces a pretty fiesh-color tint,
and Is used only in fancy candies. That is
IL in those nice cream drops and other
delicate preparations Of which schoolgirls
are said To he so fond Of. | do not know
TINT there is anything positive hurtful
nbout them. As | said before, the small
proportion in which they are used renders
them altogether innocuous.
THE funniest sell in the whole business,
however is strawberry tally 1t is fixed
up in the most tempting manner till you
can see the strawberry juice oozing
through the pores. 1t is mainly consumed
by boys, who think they are girdling the
strawberry season around the calendar
equator in one endless streak of red. 1t is
a shame to undecrive them, but the stun
is only n%niline, containing a proportion Of
ammonia and arsenic.n
Here the dealer took n tumbler Of pure
water, and dropped the faintest speck of
the compound into the glass. In an
Instant the water was as red as ink.
Your raspberry drawn from the foun-
;nin,' lie continued, laughing, "is made in
the same way. There is no danger of il
hurting you, for a piece ms big rs a coffee
grain will color n hogshead of wnter.
Here are a few other samples in water.
This is cochineal with the lark heavy
color, while the carmine there has a bright
purple tint"
II USE OF TERRA L
Another dealer said; "The law will not
be able to take hold Of this matter at all
except to prevent the use of minerals and
poisonous colors in the preparation of
candy. The employment Of terra alba, or
crushed marble, In making candy Is one Of
the worst abuses Of the trade. In my
opinion, it mounts to a crime. 1t is re
sorted to simply to save more costly
ingredients. lido not know that it is used
in his city now, but several years ago, in
one Of our principal establishments, where
] worked rs n journeyman, they used to
turn it into the soft candy in great pans
full. Before pouring it in it was pulverized,
50 rs 1t could not be easily detected under
the teeth, 1t can be plainly seen in what
is known as pulled goods but not in clear
candy. There are no paints aud but few
dyes, so far MS am aware OF, used in this
city. Glucose is perfectly harmless. 1t is
nothing but the sugar taken out Of corn.
a good quality Of glucose Is also taken
from beets, dried grapes and common
starch. Cane is one OF the most prolific
sources OF syrup for the manu-
facture Of candy, but its products is not
properly regarded as glucose. 1t
Is much sweeter and more liable to crys-
tallize than the juice Of starch. The great
disadvantage Of using glucose in candy
manufacture is that it will not form into
grains without the introduction OF foreign
substances.
Cream OF tartar was formerly used, be
fore glucose came into fashion, but was
done away with on account Of its great
expense. II is still used in the manufac-
ture Of costly candy.
Authorizations arc not confined to pull
verified stone in the manufacture Of candy.
torn-meal and even saw-dust are known
10 be used in large quantities. The saw
dust poured in in the manner described
aud the whole stirred up together until
the Objectionable element is lost among
the mass Of sweetness. II is coarse-look-
ing and wanting in sweetness, and can be
detected by anybody who is not a child.
THE purest quality entirely is the rock
candy, which is ~crystAllized in the form in
which It exists. II contains a little OF
what candymakcrs call weakening, but
not enough to make if run baltimore
American.
We look into the present or future for
our encouragement when we should be
studying the past for II.
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