The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-27
NEW STANDARD
FOR ICE CREAM
ADOPTED BY THE STATE FOOD
AND DRUG COMMISSION OF OK
lAHOMA.


drug commission OF Oklahoma Tues
day evening. a new standard for ice
cream was adopted. In brief this
standard is as follows;
ice cream shall be the frozen prod
uct OF cream, whole milk and sugar.
with or without natural flayors;
contain not less than 10 per cent OF
milk fat, and not more than
three ounces OF pure gelatin to ten
gallon of the finished ice cream. II
artificial colors are used only cert-
fed colors, or their blends, may be
utilized In this event all creams
must be labeled "artificially colored
The use OF powders or filters of what
soever character is prohibited. This .
rule becomes effective May !, 1911.
Fruit ice cream is the frozen prod |
uct made from cream, whole milk,
sugar and should clean and mature
fruits, and contains not less than 10
per cent of milk fat
Nut ice cream is the frozen prod
uct made from cream, whole milk,
sugar and sound clean and non-ran-
cid nuts, and contain not less than 10
per cent of milk fat
Relative to the establishment OF
this standard the following statement
was made at the state food and drug
commissions Offices:
Owing to the fact that there has
been numerous statements published
5 relative to the conditions of ice
4 cream markets in Oklahoma, many OF
them not being based upon facts, and
! calculated to do great injury to this
important branch of industry, We be-
n lieve that the position OF the state
n food and drug commission should be
I set clearly before the people.
Within the past few years manu-
facturers of ice creams have insisted
!, that the demands of the trade requir-
ed the addition of various amounts
of gelatin, vegetable powders and
gums, calculated to give the finished
ice cream more body. Although the
materials thus used were adulterants
in the proportions used they were
harmless. The evils, however, ac
crued from the increasing amount oi
these adulterants which clearly low
: cred the value of ice cream as fooc
IS product. Again a recently patented
al contrivance, known as the Homogen
~ izer, appeared on the market ant
81 threatened to not only reyolutionizt
a. the manufacture of ice cream by pro
Is ducing a cheaper imitation product a!
a. we'll as having the effect OF destroy
ing competition from those who were
financially unable to advance the en-
nd ormous sum necessary to acquire thi:
IN equipment. This machine is capable
according to representations of II:
". manufacturers, of converting butte
We and skinned milk into a rich cream
OF sufficient volume TO stand up with
M out the addition of any gelatin or veg
he etable filters or powders. 1t is claim
ed for this machine that powdered
" and condensed milk could be con
,t. verted into rich cream by the addi
ton of water. Thus it was within
N. the power of those who owned thes'
of machines TO acquire old butter ant
refuse or skinned milk, from dairy
:. s,+a 10
he would produce an ice cream accept
in able to the eye and taste.
ey The United States government, ol
as April 9th, ISSUED statement relativ
product made from Homogized but
10. possibilities of the contrivance ant
concluding with the statement: "Th
,e- board is further of the opinion tha
er the product made from Homoized but
he ter or skinned milk, can not be proT
erly called ice cl Team"
s. Two of the larger ice cream pre-
he ducers in Oklahoma recently equiv
red their plants with these machines
of and enabled one of them to convinc'
nd Ntl ldlll luNdl dulllOl ANltc NlldN MS ~
ell cream, being free of gelatin or othe
filters. should be accerted as a stand
es ard to be followed by all manufaC
ri lures OF ice cream. 1t is almost in
100 possible for manufacturers to max
an ice cream that will be acceptabl
IN. 10 the public unless it contains a smal
re- amount of gelatin or filler. or unles
elk II be given the treatment obtaine
only through the use of the Homo
bv genizer. We do not charge that tn
ax- owners of these machines are usin
them contrary to law, but We asser
irt that the possibilities of such use ha
ma justified the recent action of the fec
eral authorities who have just on
,as lawed a practice made possible by thi
on. invention.