Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-02-02

Distortion No. stated that we have
been accustomed to advertise Grape-Nuts
and Postum as "cure-alls for everything.
It has never been the policy of this
Company to advertise Grape-Nuts or Pos
4um to cure anything.
We say that in cases where coffee disa-
Erees and is causing sickness its dismissal
will remove the cause of the trouble, and
we suggest the use of Postum for the
reason that it furnishes hot palatable
morning beverage, and contains natural
elements from the grain which can be
used by nature to assist in rebuilding
nerve centers that coffee may have broken
down.
Likewise Grape-Nuts food does not
cure anything but it does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding, provided the
undigsstible food that has been used is
Discontinued and GrapeN Nuts taken in its
place,
CHARGE No. 2 states that the passage
of the National Food g. Drugs Act com
PEELED us to drop from the packages some
assertions regarding the nutritive value
Of Grape-Nuts.
We have never been Compelled" to
make any change.
since llt btElDuiUE II Has uttil al uIlNtl-
sal rule to print clearly on every package
exactly what the contents are made OF.
Before the passage of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape-Nuts
food was made Of wheat and harley.
We did not esteem the small amount
of salt and yeast as Of value enough to
speak of, but after the new Law came
In we became as technical as the Off
cials at Washington and added the words
"yeast" and salt" although we have
no recollection of being asked to.
We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements TO nour-
fish the brain and nerve centers is true
and bring authorities to support the fact.
Some state chemists believed this a
gross exaFgeration and inasmuch as the
Food Dept. at Washington could easily
hsrass grocers pending a trial on the
disputed question we concluded that
much the better way would be 10 elm
mate from our packages such claims.
however certain we may be that the
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read as
follows:
'The svstcrn win nbserb greater
amount q nourishment from one pound
OF Grape Nuts than from ten pounds Of
meat, wheat, oats, or bread"
Some Department chemists deceive
themselves as well as the public.
"Caloried" is the word which defines a
unit Of heat determined by the amount
necessary 20 raise one kilogram Of water
one degree cen,igrade. On this basis a
table OF calories is prepared showing the
percentage Of different kinds Of food.
Butter shows $50; Grape Nuts 800;
milk 0T0 Remember the statement on
the package spoke Of the uourishmsnt tho
Eystem would absorb. but did not speak o.
the cal0rics II heat contained ia it, for
the heat Is not nourishment and the
nourishment cannot be Judged by the
number of heat units. notwithstanding
the fact that certain chemists would have
the public believe 50.
As On illustration, Attempt 10 feed a
Hau aIrtv days on butter alone. with it,
go cal0ries The man would die be-
fore the experiment had run sixty days.
Then. take Grape Nuts with 308 and
mill with 07u-t two combined equal
oh about one half the number of calo-
r'rs contained in butter. The man fed for
slrty days on this food would be well
Eoufahed, and could live A4l euly sixty