The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-14
IMITATION FRUIT
DRINKS CHEMICAL
Department of Agriculture Ex-
poses the Methods Used.
Fly0RS ARE EASY TO MAKE

VIZ as q Hatoi VI ldcti tue u0pdrl
ment charges, most of the s~o-calle'
Auit juice drinks which sell for
n r not fruit juices, but Jus
seme pleasing drink ~concected b,
chemists.
Tho soft drinks consumed in thi
country In a single year make up
quantity Of liquor refreshment so larg,
mat 1t IL hard to conceive Of such {
volume Of varicolored and %vari1avoret
waters" said the Agricultural depart
nent. IF our last years supply had
been available to Methusaleh at the be-
ginning Of the 900 years he would have
Atsht bottles to dispose Of eveyy
minute Of his mortal span. The cold
n6ures estimated by statisticians tell
~ that each year thirsty Americans
consumed .4,OO0,OOO,OOO bottles Of soft
drinks, and this total does not include
beverages such as . beer, made
from cereals. This sparkling flood ID
poured out from 10000 bottling o.
Establishments and over 10000 soda
sSeuntsrs.
This enormous thirst-quenching IN
eustry IL a relatively recent develop
uent, a result OF the rapid CONNER
cinlizing Of the discoveries Of the
chemist. It was not SO long ago when
bottled sodas were universally known
~ pop and found their principal mar
ket at baseball games, fairs and carni-
va&s. The clear, watery drinks with a
hayor usually suggestive of overripe
bananas were good thirst killers, but
provided little delectation for the
palate. Had not great changes taken
place in the beverage industry it is
hardly probable 1t would we have
Grown to present proportions. These
improvements lead to the question Of
the composition Of these ubiquitous
What is in these refreshing Liquors
which may be bought almost any
whore at a nickel a bottle or glass?
Fruit juices? Well, sometimes, but the
has simplihed the problem of
supplying us with a pleasing drink at a
low price. He has made marvellous I'M
Of natures products. and It
has now become necessary for other
those employed by the Unit
ID States Department Of Agriculture,
10 keep watch on the composition of
he various drinks under tho authority
II the food and drugs act which re-
luires that limitations be SO labeled.
Under this law these drinks are con-
ddered foods. Briefly, they are, made
lp OF sugar, sparkling water, a fruit
lcid, and minute quantities Of flavor
color.
Necessarily there Is a great varia-
Ion In the makeup Of the numerous
BEVERAGES of this class, but roughly
ach bottle contains about three
ourths of an ounce of sugar and the
taste is usually impaired by about
wo grains of citric or tartaric acid. In
hosphate drinks phOsph0ric acid is
sed for this purpose. In recent years
be favors have increased greatly in
ariety, including among others orange,
emon, lime, cinnamon, neroli, vanilla
oca leaves, kola nuts, wintergreen, :
richly ash bark, nutmeg, cloves, ge- |
anium, ginger, grains of paradise, sas- +
afras, and sarsaparilla. The fiavors
usually made up in alcoholic tine /
Ire and five to ten drops used to the
)ttle. {
FIavors Galore. =
1.-THE skilled chemist has provided a
)st of flavors which the :
lnnOt distinguish from the original
ON natures laboratory. He Is using =
'omatic chemicals formerly used only |
the perfume industry. The aroma |
well as the color and favor of
uits Is being initiated. Orange and
ape limitations, perhaps, have been
pre- widely produced than any others.
In making these 'fruity' drinks sue
ssful efforts have been made to
the eye as well as the palate.
lie old-fashioned pop" drinks were
Many Of the new drinks are
Judy, Stimulating In appearance fruit
INKS containing fruit pulp in suspen-
q. The cloudy effect is produced in
ways-by putting up the
with a little gum, such as
leila, tragacanth, or Indian gum, and
the use of small quantities Of
rch.
These modern beverages made to
lulate fruit drinks in taste, color,
general appearance contain moth CT
dangerous TO health, but the food
drugs act demands that such w
ducts entering into Interstate COM
zee be labeled for what they are. Rc
} concentrated sirups which are
d as the base for making up many ~
the beverages are so marked, but :.
n the drink comes to the consumer
or glass he has no means q III
wing whether he is getting til
lral product or the imitation unless
state requires that 1t be shown On
bottle whether or not the product
n imitation" T.
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