Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-02
DANGEROUS foOD ADULTEn ALTON.
The Fraudulent use Of Alum and Lime in
Cheap BakIng foMdsrr.


Cheap Bakiug Powders.
Ifconsumers prefer to buy an ad ultersted
article OF food because 1t can be had AT
lower price, they undoubtedly have the
right to do 80, provided the adulterants Hrs
not OF character Injurious to health. II
such articles are not falsely sold ~ pure,
and the customer Ia not deceived as to their
real character, the transaction Ii not
iilegitimAte.
hut the great danger is the traffic In sdul.
terated food arises from the de- ception that
Ia practised by manufacturers usually class
Ing such goods rs pure. This Ia almost In.
varlabiy done when the al ultsrant In one
that is Injurious TO health. For instance,
manufacturers OF alum and lime bskin
powders not only fail to inform the public
of the real character Of their goods, but
carefully conceal the fact that they are made
from these poisonous articles. Most Of
these manufacturers also claim that their
articles are pure and wholesome, while
some go still further and proclaim boldly
that they are cream OF tartar goods, or even
the genuine Royal Baking Powder itself.
No consumer will buy alum bak ing powders
knowingly, for It II well undeIsiood that
they are detrimental to health. The sale OF
lime and alum baking powders as pure and
wholesome articles IL, therefore, criminal,
and II Is satisfactory TO notice that several
persons engaged IN such sale have already
been brought to justice In the courts.
active In the pursuit OF these dishonest
articles The baking powders OF several
States have been carefully and critically
examined. The officials are surprised 1T
the large amount Of lime and alum goods
found. 1t In suggestive fact that no
baking powder except the Royal has been
found without either lime or alum, and
many contain both. DR.. Prices baking
powder has been found to contain nearly
~ per cent, Of impurities the phosphate
powders over IL per cent, OF lime.
The chief service OF lime is 20 add weight.
II 10 true that lime, when sub ected TO heat
gives of certain amount OF carbonic acid
gas, but a quick lime Is left--a caustic Of
most powerful nature. A small quantity
OF dry lime upon the tongue, or In the eye,
produces painful effects /; how much more
serious must these effects be on the delicate
membranes ot the stomach, intestiDes aud
kidneys, more particularly OF infants and
children, and especially when the lime Is
taken into the system day after day, and
with almost every meal. This Is said by
physicians to be one OF the causes OF indi.
Restion, dyspepsia, and those painful
diseases OF the kidneys now 80 prevalent.
Adulterstion with lime is quite as much
to be dreaded as with alum, which Is here
toiore received the most emphatic con-
demnation from food anal SITS, ply slcians
and chemists, for the reason that while
alum may be- partially dissolved by the |
neat OF baking II Is impossible to destroy
or change the nature OF the lime 80 that the |
entire amount IN the baking powder passes, |
with all Its Injurious properties, into the |
stomach
The large profits from the man ufacture
OF lime and alum baking powders has |
placed many OF them In the MARKET They
are 20 BIS found In the stock o. slmos, every
fttau = ,a.eT, and are urged upon custom.
ers cslli0g for baking powders upon all |
Ocessions Because OF their well-known
detrimental character II is desirable that |
prompt means be taken 10 suppress their
mspufacture.
Pure baking powders are one OF the chief
aids to the cook Ia preparing perfect and
wholesome food. While those are to be |
obtained OF weil.estsblishsd reputation, |
ke TIE foysl, OF whose purity there has
never been question, Il is proper 10 avoid
all others.