Rock Island daily Argus., 1892-11-17
OFFICIAL FOOD TESTS.
The United States and Canadian Govern
nents Anaiyze the Baking Powders.

The United States and Cana dian Govern-
ments AuaIyze the Baking Powders.
From the Chicago Tribune
The official food an slyses by the L ,i'. q
States and Canadian goyerom ,ot. nA'e
been studied With interest. Tup Z ited
States government report gives the names
of eighteen well-known baking posders,
some OF them advertised as pure cream
of tartar powders thst contain sIrfn.
Toe report shows the Royal to sc pare,
cream of tartar baking powders. the
highest in lesvening strength. eVolv ing
l60.6 cubic inches ef gas per single onnce
of powder. There were eight other
brands OF cream OF tartar powders tested
and their average strength was III 3
cubic inches of gas per single ounce Of
powder.
The Canadian government iuvestiga-
tions were OF stIii larger numOer o
powders The Royai baking pow Ter was
here also she wn the purest and hig hest IN
strength, c ,ntsiniug ls9 80 CUBIC inches
of leavening gas per ounce of powder.
| Nine other cream o. tartar powders we're
| tested, their average sIrengtb. being re-
ported to be 80 cubic inches of gas per
ounce.
Tnese figures are very obstructive TO
the practical housskeeper. They lndic .te
that the Roysl baking po Eder goes more
than SO p cent further in use tlsn the
others or is e-third more economical.
Still more important than this. however.
they prove this popular article hiss been
brought TO the highest degree OF purity
| s.x
ioritv in strength is due--snd conse-
QuYntlY that bS its use We may be in
sured the pdrest ard most wholesome
food.
Tne powders OF lower strength are
found to leave large amounts of impIr-
tiles in the food. This tsc; ia EN- Jna-
sZ1d by the report OF the Ohio state
food comm isSiouer, who. iile finding
tae Royal practically pure. found no
other rowder to contain less taan 10 pc
cen. ofIuert or foreign matters
T1e DIoIc interest in tbs question
has tikaS s. caused inv5stiyaU ,nS t, De
nsie Oy oQr local authorities Prot "
is Hines # Rush Medical College. con
!sulIing chemist Of the Chicago board o.
health, ha> f3uud results similar to thos,
tre 53rsel oy the national and Cinl ijsa
authorities. Dr., Haines ssys:
Rush MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHICAGO
I have recently obtainsi samples o
Tie chief basing powders on the market
snd have subjected them 10 careful chem
icai eX m'Uauon 20 determine their UT
ity, wh"lrsumeness sad leaVeniDg power
As the result Of my tests find tt
Royal baking powder superior to tn
others Ia very respect. Il Is entirel
free from / aiulierauon and unwhole
some impurity. AMI in baking it gives o:
greater volume OF leavz ming gas tha
any other powder. Il IS. therefore. no
only the pGrest, but also the stroOges
powder WI which | Am scuu4irtei.
WALTER ). HAINEs, " D.,
Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board @
Heslth.
! The statistics show that there is use
in the mrnuf &C -ure Of :he ROY8 bakiD
powder moe ,hsn nalf of al ,he cream @
tartar con-umed in tina United States fo
all purpo-,-. Tie wonderfui sale thu
indicated r the Royal hskinS powder
greater th-r that Of ali other baking pow
ders comhned-is perhaps eveu q bigas
evidence I'm that already quoted of ia
superiority of this article. and o. its in
; dispensab enrss to N .rn GRO JteIy.