The Bulletin 



61 



Substitutes for lemon extract are usually of very little value as a 

 flavoring material; but if properly labeled or branded just what they 

 are, their sale is legal, provided they contain nothing deleterious to 

 health, such as wood alcohol, etc. Wood alcohol is a dangerous poison. 

 A small amount is liable to produce death, and even a .smaller amount 

 may produce total and permanent blindness. 



There are many imitations and compounds used as substitutes for 

 lemon extract. They depend largely on citral, one of the constituents of 

 lemon oil, for their flavoring principal, and while citral is a constituent 

 of lemon oil, it is also obtained from other sources, like lemon grass. 



The sale of these substitutes for lemon extract is all right, provided 

 they are properly labeled and sold for what they are, but they are not 

 lemon extracts, and are not as good as lemon extract, and must not be 

 sold as lemon extracts. 



The results of the examinations of forty-three samples under this head 

 are reported in the table below, to which attention is called. 



EXTRACTS AND LEMON EXTRACT SUBSTITUTES. 



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Remarks and Conclusions 



14635 

 14643 



14641 



14742 

 14634 



15047 



14644 



14631 



14745 



15051 



14637 



15054 



14645 



14639 



14638 

 15044 



5.10 



0.00 

 5.40 



0.00 

 5.00 

 0.60 

 6.20 



0.00 



0.00 



5.40 



6.00 

 5.60 



4.80 

 6.00 



0.00 



5.40 

 5.60 



00.0 



4.80 



0.50 



6.10 



6.20 



0.00 



0.00 



0.00 



5.40 



5.90 

 5.30 



76.0 

 76.0 



76.0 

 76.0 



76.0 

 76.0 

 76.0 

 75.0 



76.0 



76.0 

 75.0 



1 .4760 

 1 .4760 



1 .4760 

 1 .4760 



1 .4760 

 1 .4760 

 1 .4760 

 1 .4753 



1 .4760 



1 .4760 

 1 .4753 



0.82865 

 .83778 



.97613 



.82302 

 .82094 



0.94111 



.95497 



0.91367 



0.85189 



0.84176 



.94958 



0.91282 



.95248 



0.82846 



0.82833 

 0.83712 



86 .57 Lemon extract. 



82 .83 Lemon extract; not highly concentrated as labeled; 

 misbranded; sale illegal. 



20.15 Imitation lemon extract. 



87 .83 Lemon extract. 

 88.17 do. 



46.53 Imitation Lemon extract. 



78 .25 Lemon extract. 



59.16 Terpeneless lemon extract. 



78 .21 Lemon extract. 



81 .42 do. 



41 .53 Imitation lemon extract, branded extract of lemon; 



misbranded; sale illegal. 

 60.16 Terpeneless lemon extract. 



39 .81 Imitation lemon extract; contains no oil of lemon • 



misbranded; sale illegal. 

 86 .20 Lemon extract. 



85.66 do. 

 83 .75 do. 



