The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-18
ENGINE FLOUR
LATEST FRAUD
PROF. {. r. LADD IN HIS LATEST
BULLETIN TELLS OF NEW
ADuLTERATIoN TO PALM OFF
INFERIOR FLouRs FOR THE
A NO. 1 ARTICLE.

There is no end to frauds and fakes
and as soon as one is out of the way,
announcer comes to take It's place, says
Fror. h. ~ Ladd in his latest bulletin.
nitrogen peroxide as a bleaching
agent is now overthrown, but in Eu-
rope, we are told, they are using what
| Is known as Engine -four" This is
70 De added to the flour when IT IL
mllled SO that the product will give
| larger loaf of bread and a whittier
loaf than where the flour has not been
| SO treated. There is no claim that the
product adds any nutritive value. or
improves the quality of the product
| in any way.
Ihe writer has recently seen a let
ter written on what purported to he
a letter head of an American agent
for this company and was signed by
the same, which letter contained the
following statement:
When you add engine -four to
wheat you are simply adding valua-
Die salts contained in the husks which
are OF course removed from the wheat
before milling and we again assure
You that when you add one-haIf of
one per cent engine to ordinary flour.
II is entirely impossible to discover it.
You can send sample to any chemist
you like and he will tell you that the
hour Is entirely pure. This of course
makes 1T of much greater value to
the miller.
Engine flour is guaranteed to con-
tain nothing deleterious or in anv way
harmful, but Notwithstanding this. we
believe that DIR. Wiley would be in
clined to object to it's use, provided
he knew of il. We do not know this
of course, but we are inclined to think
that this would be the case. For this
reason we are acting very cautiously
ana the concerns who are now taking
1T from us haye it consigned in such
way as to hide its identity.
If you export flour it will be
practical necessity very shortly to add
engine as the largest European mil |
lers are now using it and improving |
the quality of their flour immensely
The wording OF. the above shows /
that there is doubt in their mind
whether the product is a legitimate
one, whether if food commissioners or
the national authorities knew Of its L
presence in flour, the same would not II
not be condemned; and they hint aft
the fact that no chemist would be
able to detect the product. They also
call attention that they are acting
very cautiously and are consigning it
to firms now using it in such a way
as to hide its identity.
DO the millers of North Dakota
want to adopt and use this product
after having gone through the exper-
fences they have had with chemical
Of -four? If so we give them Il
fair warning of the end that is sure
to meet them.
Engine flour is a fraud; when add Il
ed to flour it produces fraudulent eff
tects. 1t is used for the purpose of
deception and to cover ~up or conceal
lnferiority. We have been able to de- L
tect products much more difficult than |
engine -four, when added to food
stuffs.
The analysis shows as follows for
he composition of engine flour:
Per Cent.
moisture ................. 5.93l
Flour (starch) ...... 1882
Ammonins acid phosphate 49,. 1894
calcium ..........,..... Trace
sodium .................... Trace
1919
All tests thus far have given mega
i've results for any appreciabIe
mount of engine Further tests are
o be made for any possible engine
Which may be present.
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