Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-09-25
ARTIFICIAL COFFEE.
A Swedish swindle, with Headquarters In
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
"Lactoserin II What l. IL? IT'S an
imitation Of coffee-an excellent imita-
ton, too-snd il comes from Sweden.
1t looks like coffee and smells liLls
coffee. but it isn't coffee, and consum-
ers will, in the future do well to look
to what they are buying, as otherwise
they NAV DO made the victim, OF a re-
puneratiye Swedish "iUke"-remuuer
ptiye to the geptlemanly perpetrator in
Sweden, The difference between gem
uine coffee and its Swedish imitation IA
very pronounced when the test is an
plied-the test OF taste. The imita-
ton looks Ike the genuine article, but
does not taste like it. As soon az il
is cracked by the teeth it resolves itself
into small particles in tho mouth. With
a view to finding out something about
the imitation, reporter fer the Blade
called on Mr. Woolsen, of the Woolson
Spice Company, last evening. and
asked him regarding it. I'VE have re-
ceived several communications and
samples of the Coffee" said he, "but
have paid no attention 10 them. The
Imitation is. of course, fraud Il. e., so
far asst being equal to genuine coffee is
concerned-and 1t may for little time
interfere in scme degree with the legiti.
mate cofeo trade. One OF onF mon
last week visited a Regular customer
and asked, as usual, for an order Tho
dealer told him he had bought coffee
cheaper elsewhere and had made mora
money on it than he could on ours
Our agent wanted 10 see the coffee. Az
ter examining the packaqe Produced.
aud hnding the contents TO be mix.
ture he puroeased it, and here it is )
The inventor OF the new coffee Vim.
Rehnstrom, of Stockholm. Sweden.
some days ago wrote a letter il il
learned, to the Bowling Manufacturing
Company of Philadelphia, in which hS
says he 10 glad his invention Il getting
on so we'll in the United States, and in
which hu declares it to be a merchan-
DISC Just as good as it is valuable. He
adds that by adding Lactoserin to coffee
we have values in millions, The pro.
duction of coffee is limited -of Loctos.
erin unlimited. or the less coffee. add
the more Lactoserin. Tbs bowling
Manufacturing Company have corner
on the new merchandise, and are flood
Ing the country with sample packages,
and with each of which goes letter an
nouncing that their long negotiations
with the representatives Of Mr. William
Rehnstrom, of Stockholm, Sweden,
have been successfully concluded, and
that henceforth the exclusive use in ths
United States rests. with them for LAC
toserin' for and In combination with
eoffet Here Mr.. Woolson emptied tho
contents of the package on the table aud
leve!ed the pile. He then placed his
hand on it, aud raised it quickly. "You
see, said he, with smile Of triumph,
"thst the genuine coffee of the mixture
will stick to the palm, the imitation
won't. They cannot put the gloss on
the bogus article that beauties the
genuine, us the gloss put on coffee
ddfing the process of roasting it or after
wards?" Afterwards. But go on
about Lactoserin, it may be said that it
IS liable to become dangerous article in
the coffee trade unless steps are taken
to regulate it. do not think it can be
suppressed at once, as its inventor,
William Rehnstrom, OF Stockholm,
Sweden, has patents on it Ia this eoun.
try. Tho berry of the imitation, you
see, is much heavier than the genuine.
but 1t lacks the gloss, and the crease is
not like that Of natures production. The
imitation will be manufactured at 10
cents per pound. A half pound Of cot
fee at 20 cents and half of Lactoserin'
at 10 would make pound of mixture
worth III cents. 1t would sell readily
at % cents, as the people know nothing
of the new article, and having beeu
paying y wants pound, aud the proft
to the seller would be 81 cents. This is
quite an item, when it is taken into con.
sideration that there is very little, If
anything, made on coffee by the retail
dealer. The genuine article costs him
g5s, and he grinds and sells it for 81.
The temptation to make something will
probably prove SO strong that good
deal of 'Lactoyerin' will be sold. In
ground coffee it cannot easily be de-
tected, as it has the color and odor Of
the genuine" what do you think
Lactoserin is made Of Mr.. Woolson ?"
Probably musty flour, though do not
know. Ifitis made of flour, it is not
dangerous, but it cannot be determined
what les Ingredients are. 1t may be
kind of clay. Toledo Blade.