Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
SOFT DRINK SALES
REACH HUGE TOTAL
Estimated That Three Billion
Bottles Arc Consumed Each
Year.
WHAT CAN BE FOUND THEREIN
Citric and Tartaric Acids Are
Used to Large
Extent.
WHAT CAN BE FOUND THEREIN

WARRINGTON, June la.-liavc YOU
ny ,iL idea what things arc in the bot
',,ouvo'9oO bottles that unhampered after
JuIy next by strong competition. may
grow 10 more billions?
wen. some contain one thing, some
another but all contain water. flavor,
arweetchihg and carbon dioxidc gas
nose four things are the basic cs-
fcntial Of bottled sof: drink. There
- likely 10 be some colorine matter and
mere may be an acid-usually either
me citric acid found in lemons Or
tdrtaric acid found IN grapes though
sometimes mineral acids arc used. Ere
puently there is continent such as
req pepper. cinnamon. alisp.ce. cloves
trace OF alcohol Ana tina, Just about
overs what ~ likely 70 be found in
son drink.
The navors used for sof, drinks In
'uHe ginger, sdrSapaTilla. root beer
Ign oeti: Ihocoiate. cream. coias.
merry via cherry, stra wbcrry, rasp-
merry loCanhtr!y. orange. pineapple.
I:ape, pear. peach and others, and Very
frequently TWO iiayUTs are combined in
'hc same product.
Prior TO 1914 the swectcninS used
w%s almost untrersaily ,gr>nu!a,ed
su~aT began 10 bc ie!t. however. large
.se was made OF such substitutes .
corn sirup or glucose. corn sugar Or
hncrs sirup and honey. such substi-
tuteS "tr. encouraged as war meas
urc by the department OF agriculture.
which now thinks II probable. that some
Of these substitutes viii he used regu-
!.rly.
Sweetenins ingredients otScr than
o.ainaEy sugar should be DECLARED on
interstate commerce.
Food value IN :. sot, drink is ord!-
nariiy not cons tdercd by The herson wno
itt!on OF the palate or the QucnchinE OF
'hrst; but the fact remains mat good
sott drinks do ,conta! considera 81.
The phosphate drinks, the grape drinks
and lemon sours contain from three
iourths TO one and hal! ounces OF
. equal 10 o" double approximately
NE sugar ration allowed TO :, meal UNI
der war conditions. one hundred thou
sand tons OF sugar are used each year
III the sott drink industry.
en-, in all bottled soft drinks is a
carbon dioaide which occurs naturally
IN certain mineral spdngs in the United
states. the waters OF which arc highly
priced for their eftervescent proper
ties.
The use of certain harmless dyes is
permitted by the national food and
uca! in!erior!ty and tina; tho presence
81 The dye is plainly declared on the
abel BY examining the label on the
drink ne buys contains an artificial
olor.
Many drinks contain the pure acids
Of the fruits they simulate, but others
contain mineral acids. phosphoric be-
ing frequently used and su!phuVlc and
hydrochloric less frequently. The
United states Department of ASricul-
lure. in recent publication on the
composition and value OF bottle soft
drinks. says:
"Sulphuric and hydrochloric acids do
no: occur naturally III fruits or fruit
juices. and in tho opinion of the au
ihors they should not be used to con-
drinks"
The quantity OF any condimcnt in a
soft drink IL likely TO he very small
'rhe alcohol contained Is used as SOL
ven, for certain extracts and amounts
10 only few tenths OF per cent by
volume.
The department; OF agriculture says
that where soft drinks arc bottled on
a large scale the sanitary precautions
are usually excellent, but that where
they are manufactured in small way
for immediate consumption conditions
arc sometimes deplorable
The sanitary quality Of bottled soft
drinks shipped in interstate commerce
~ subject TO regulation under tho
Federal food and drugs act. while that
Is subject TO local control by State or
city officials.
ii is estimated that the consumption
o. bottled soft drinks in the United
states prior to war restrictions was
about 5000, 900, 900 bottles annually, or
thirty bottles year for every ma n.
woman and child