The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-12
Food Brands.
THE SHAMEFUL USE OF LINE And AIN
IN CHEAP BAKISG POWDERS

THE SHAMEFUL USE OF LINE AND .4rs
IN CHEAP BAKING POWDERS
Many food frauds, such as chickorx col
/ ZEE or vatered milk, although thew are q
swindle in a commercial sense. are often
tolerated because they do not particularly
affect the health of the consumer: but
when an article like baking powder. that
enters largely into the food of every fami-
~, and Is relied upon for the healthful
preparation Of almost every meal. is so
made as to carry highly Injurious If not
rankly poisonous elements into the bread
70 the eminent danger Of the entire COM
n1dnity, it Is the duty Of the press to en-
phaiically denounce the manufacturers
whose avarice has prompted them to such
diabolical operations.
Among recent important discoveries by
the food ANALYSTS l. that BY Prof. Mott. The
United States Government Chemist. Of
large amounts Of lime in the cheap baking
powders. j his is. If not the most danger
Gus, certainly The most useless adulterant
vet found in the los grade, inferior bsking
powders. IL Is a Startling TACT that of over
one hundred different brands df baking
pewcer so far anaiyzesl, comprising all
those sold in TIL. vicinity, not one OF them
with the single exception of the Royal
b king PowBer. was loHnd free from both
iiuie and alum. The chief service OF
lime Is to add weight II is true that lime
when subjectei to heat gives OF certain
amount of carbonic acid gas. but
quick lime i left, 4 cau~tic so powerful
that it j. used by tanners TO eat the hair
from hides Of animals, and in dissecting
rooms 10 To- - = sid.se 'n he ie-h from
the bones Of dead subjects. :. s..say,
: i IL.
IN ne eye, produces painful effects how
much more serious must these effects b.
upon the delicate membranes of the
tomsch, intestines and kidneys, more par
ticularly # infants and childreu, and
specially when the lime Is taken INTO the |
system day after DAY and with almost
every meal. This is said By phy sicians to
be one Of the chief causes Of Indigestion. |
Dyspepsia. and those pzin!ui diseases C;
the kidneys now So prevalent Instances
IF the most serious affections Il he latter !
organs from dEintigg liue " lers fout'd in !
-one s,CtiunS Gf the aest are noted IN |
every medical journal
Aduiteraiion with lime j. even more TO !
b dreaded than wi,h alum, shich cas here |
IolJre received the most emphatic con- |
from every food analyst, physi |
-iau, aui chemist Tor the reason that /
while alum is probably partial dissolved |
and pasted of III gas Is The heat CT baking, |
il is impossible to DESTROY or change the |
nature OF the lime IN any degree, - that /
he entire amount in the baking powder /
passes, with all it4 injurious prop rites,
INTO the stomach When W. stale thai
he chemists have found twelve per cent or
1ne-eighth Of the entire weight OF some
samples OF baking powder analyzed TO be
lime, the wickedness of the aduIteration
will be fully apparent.
Pure baking powders are one OF the chief
aids TO the cook in preparing perfect and
gholesome food. While those are to be
obtained OF well established reputation
ike the Royal, OF whose purity there has
never been and cannot be question. il is
proper to avoid all others.