Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-03-11

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WaAsa fhe past teS years s large
au.HEef q ceresl breakfast fosds haze
esnss Info ass IN fais c5sBffy. they
are nssrsfioas ard eheapfo Tie amount
x ssosfgsansezs they eonIaIn. They
are oos a. equally palstable 70 every
on@. tst esery 0De can find among the
nsrnf<s some that pseNss their Taste.
Fer some reason OF reasons, persons
hsse made unjust statements In regard
{ 70 tsesf panty and beaifnf8iness. To
+ ~ a. fest the~e ASPIRATIONS, The Con
neesaeut Agricultural Experiment sta
tlon mas made an examination Of forty.
eight kinds q cereal breakfast foods.
/ The result Of this work are brief sum
magized - follows: In general they
stew evidences q care and CLEANLINESS
/ IN their preparation, and are enclosed
Ia attractive cartons which protect
/ them from contamination In no ease
. has any sduIisraSt OF inferior admix
tire been found, and the foods were
apparently inside from The grains
named On lhsi label The losds aie
/ chiefly nsde from cern, ozle, wheat,
rice 81 farley. TIE whole grain, OF
{ pefslsn Of it, freed from mot Of lie
E chat. a crushed o. ground. In some
czses 4 j. cooked more or Isss. Of y
suitable fefments part II the starch
Is fnade more soluble, sspfeeiigestsd.
Many q The ready cooked cereals have
q little added salt.
The weights Of the contents u the
packages 10 al bai four eases e4s:=.se..
OF exceeded the weight stated on the
lateI. The largest deficiency amount
ed 10 more than six per cent. This
shorsFge cannot be explained by the
driving Of The goods after packing. and
II it Is al al common OF constant Is 100
large.
TIE cost per pound varies greatly.
Ia general, the prizes Of corn and cal
products are lowest. rice next, while
wheat and barley cost considerably
more than The Others. Ia general. eost
0eafs a much closer relation 70 The at.
/ tfaetlTeaess o. the pack age than 70 the
/ probable nstfitiee 5aiae Of the con-
tents But the care tAkea in the sesse-
i lion Of the grain and in is n1anagse-
fare are. Of eoane, elements II cost
which esanoi - determined solely BY
laboratory tests nor % the pufcha ser-
Ia general, ready saaksd, Of epreti-
gested cefsafs est tWe 81 three times
~ much per pound as ihosc noi thus
treated
! Regarding chemical composition. the
oai foods contain much more protein
heterogeneous matter and at have a
higher enetgy value thsn the other &C.
real preparations, wheat ranks next as
regards protein and fat. followed By
harley and corn, hut the three are mol
very unlike ia energy value.
-illy reports Of the presence Of drugs
Of leiSon ia certain brands Of break
fast food base been Investigated re.
peatediy BY Others and proved TO bs
false.
While the cereals, together, are co IN.
! ulended as clean. nutritious and excel.
lent, the claims for some, placed on
! their lst,eIs, are cxt,avsgant OF mislead.
ing ia order TO win favor. As for In.
stance, "Cream OF Wheat claims IL
! possess \ very large percentage Of gln.
! ten, and il enc Of the most nutrition.
I foods known" The station report
says. "The statement n to gluten Is
misleading ~ ii contains no more pro-
tein than the average food OF It's class,
and most Of these other wheat ptepa.
rstions contain quite as much nuIri-
nent ~ this.
Grape Nuts" claims 20 be "a food
for brain aud nerve cenlers." The re-
} port says; Exception may well be
taken that Grape Nuts Is distinctly a
brain or nerve food. Any real food is
also brain food: the claims as 10 It's nu-
tritive power are also exaggerated.
Those who like these two foods can
10 ON eating them, or any OF The 9TH
4 others, in the assurance that they viii
get ont OF them sil the benefit they de-
sire, regardless, of their exaggeralions.
II is great benefit TO Is that the
government i carefully guarding the
food Of the people from being Impure
OF unhealthy. Too many greedy neo-
pie would sell impure and unhealthy
food sluiis were IL MOI for CERTAIN dc
lection and punishment. We are glsd
therefore that the cereal breakfast foods
ate deelafed by the government 10 he
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