The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-07
FOOD ADULTERATIONS
FOISTED UPON THE UNWARY
Manufac Thirty Years Makes
Decocons Which Promote Disease and Poison
the Systen--Aduteraton Reduced Science M

maple as possible. There is practical
ly no maple sugar sold, because of it's
great scarcity. The following for
mula is one commonly used by manu-
facturers Of syrups sold as pure ma
pie: Glucose, one gallon; water. one
ounce; essence tonka, one-quarter
ounce; benzoic acid, one-half ounce;
extract maple. thirty drops; caramel,
/ one-quarter ounce.
Housewives buy honey In the
comb, saying they then know it is
pure. There are prosperous manufac-
| turers of comb honey, producing imi-
tation comb of paraffin, stearin and
spermacetti and casting 1t while hot
into plaster of paris molds. The
honey placed in the cells is often made
as follows: Glucose, fifteen pounds;
one-half ounce; clover seed. one
ounce; rose water, two ounces; salicy-
lie acid, one-eighth ounce.
Vinegar and Catsup.
Here are some OF the horrible de-
coctions sent broadcast over the land
as vinegar to wage warfare on the
nerves, stomach and intestines Of poor
humanity:
forty five gallons; acetic acid, one ounce;
anylacitate, one ounce; caramel. four
ounces; labeled pure apple vinevar
Water. forty-f1ve gallons; acetic acid.
two gallons; sulphuric acid, two pounds;
acetic ether, one ounce; labeled white
| wine vinegar.
/ Acetic acid, five gallons; water, forty
1 gallons; labeled pure malt vinegar.
Acetic acid, five gallons: water. forty
| gallons; boiled cider. one gallon: labeled
! double-strength cider vinegar.
Pure distilled vinegar, five gallons; sui
phuric acid. three pounds; cloves, one
pound; glucose. ten pounds; caramel. four
ounces; allow to stand one week and
strain thru cloth; labeled English malt
vinegar.
/ Housewives can make vinegar as
follows without fear of serious conse-
|quence: No. s acetic acid, one pound
water, seven pounds; mix.
THE many who are fond Of tomato
catsup will be interested in this for
mula, used by many manufacturers OF
! catsup:
1 Stewed apples, pared and cured, one
gallon; acetic acid, eight ounces; essences
Of mustard, one teaspoonful; extract of
capsicum, one teaspoonful; essence Of cas-
STA, fifteen drops; essence Of cloves, ff-
teen drops; glucose, eight ounces; tomato
coloring cred inlk3, one ounce; labeled
Pure Catsup from Ripe Tomatoes" Red
coloring matter sold as vegetable Is a
bi-product from the destructive distila-
gas, and is highly poisonous.
Last May, while eating lunch at
the home of a friend, my hostess in
vited me to try some mustard, with
. the remark, 1T is French, and very
fine I did not inform her that the
, mustard. labeled Paris, was made by
me for a, wholesale grocery house in
Chicago two years before and was
composed of the following: Buck
, wheat flour, one pound; water, one
pint; acetic acid, four ounces; essence
{ of mustard, one quarter ounce; cara
mel, one-half ounce, and yellow color
to give the proper shade.
Powdered tumeric is extensively
J used in the manufacture of mustard
: and the following Is made at about
! half the cost Of the genuine article
powdered tumeric, = fifty pounds
water, six gallons essential Oil OF
: one gallon. OliyeNotl Is made from
!, olives but cottonseed oil being much
t cheaper, 1t is refined with an a1kal
colored and sold as olive oil made in
Italy.
l In the past few years ] have moi
come in touch with a spice mill that
4 did not adulterate6 ground pepper
buckwheat hulls, ground peas and
beans are generally used. Cayenne
!, pepper is often adulterated with
! ground rice and venetian red. The
: only safe way to buy pepper is to gel
: it whole and grind it at home.
:. Jellies Unfit for Use.
Most jellies bought at stores al
pure products Of fruit are unfit fol
consumption. For example, straw
, berry jelly is made by the following
Glucose, one gallon; citric acid, one
fourth ounce; imitation extract of straw
berry, one ounce; liquid analine color, on
ounce; water, one gallon; salicylic acid
Isixty grains; boil twenty minutes. Glove
seed may be used to make the consume
think he is swallowing the seeds Of tn
berry.
Apple, currant, strawberry, rasp
berry, cherry, in fact all jellies, cal
be made from glucose, colored AM
1 favored One man has a reputation
for making pear jam, sold as the pur,
fruit product. This is his formula:
Glucose, fifty gallons; saccharine, fou
ounces; caramel, one pint: acetate. tw
ounces; tartaric acid, one pound; watel
fifty gallons; boil about two hours
''In my opinion. many Of the case
Of ptomaine poisoning are in realit,
caused by boiling fruit in tin kettle
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