Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-11-15
OPTICAL FOOD TESTS.
Tho Unitcd S,nies and Canadian
Governments Ana,yzc tho LAX.
Ing Powders.
From Chicago Tribune.


Tho public is always responsive to
suggestions about the food it eats.
Great interest has been taken in tho
Investigations made By the United
States and Canadian governments
and by tho different boards Of health
to show tho purity or impurity OF
milk, baking. powders, spices, aud
other articles OF daily us, in the cult
nary department OF our households.
just now the subje:t Of baking
powder is claiming public attention.
We al desire pure aud wholesome
bread and this cannot bs had with
tho use of impure or poisonous bak-
inE powder. There can be no longer
any question that nil the cheaper
lower grades OF baking powders con-
tain either alum, limo or phosphate
ncid.
The official analyses by the United
States and Canadian governments
have therefore boon studied with in
tefost and have pretty clearly es;ib-
iisiled tine facts upon this subject.
,..c United St.,lr3 government reir,f,
gives the nunies of eighteen we'll
known powders. some OF them ndver.
tised 40 puro croam OF tartar baking
powders, that contain alum.
Tho report shows that tho Royal
baking powder was found tho higncst
IN lcavening strength, evolving lG0.6
cubic inches ot gas per single ounce
Of powder. There were eight other
brunds ot cream Of tartar powders
tested and their average strength was
1ll.5 cubic inchos OF g,ts per ounce Of
powder.
The Canadian government ~investi-
CATIONS were OF II still larger NUNS OAR
OF powders. Tine Royal baking pow
dor was here also shown the putest
and highest in strength. containing
1892 cubic inches OF leavening gas
pur ounce OF powder. Nine other
cream Of turt.r powders wese tested,
their uvernEa strength being reported
to 10 80 cubic inches OF gas per ounce.
These tiguras are worry Instructive
to tire practic:u house-keeper. They
indicate that the Royal baking pow
dor goes moro than 80 per cent. fur
ther in use than the others, OF 10 one
third more economical. Still NOR
important than This, however, they
prove this popular article has been
brought TO the highest degree OF
purity for to it's snperlative purity
TINS superiority in strength is due
and consequently that hy its use VIC
may DO insured tho purest and most
wholesome food. .
T.ie powders OF lower strength are
found 10 leave largo amounts Of inert
matters in tho food. This fact is
emphasized 10y the report Of tho Ohio
State Food Commissioner, who, whllo
finding the Royal practically pure,
found no other powder to contain less
than 10 per cont. OF inert or foreign
matters. "
The public interest in this question
has likewise caused to be made in
designations by our local authorities.
Prot. w. S. Huines, OF Rush Medical
College, consulting chemist Of tho
Chicago Board Of Health, has found
results similar TO those reported by
tho national and Canadian authorities.
DIR. Haines says:
RUsu MEDICAL COLLEGE, Chicago, Ill.
| have :scsntly obtained samples OF
tho chief baking powders IN the mar.
ket, and have subjected them to caro-
full chemical examination to determine
thor purity, wholesomcness md
%leuyeniny power. As the result OF
my tests I lind tho Royal baking
powder superior to all the Others in
every respect. 1t is entirely FREQ
from all udultoration and unwho.e-
some ~impurity, and in baking it gives
oil u greuter volume OF lcavening gus
than any othor powder. II IS, there.
fore, not only the purest, but also the
strongest powder with which 1 ain
acquainted.
WALTER s. HAINEs. NJ. d.,
Consulting Chemist, Chicago Bourd
OF Health.
Tho statistics show that there 10
used in the manufacture OF tho Royal
baking powder moro than half Of all
tho cream OF tartar consumed IN tho
United States for I'LL purposes. Tho
wonderful sulo thue indicated for Tho
Royal baking powder creator than
that OF all other baking powders COM
hiE"d-is perhaps evon o higher eyi.
dence than that already quoted Of the
superiority OF this article. and OF lis
iudisponsabloness To modern cookery.
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