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and five were misrepresented by the dealer, making twenty-seven that 

 were sold in violation of the law. 



By reference to the table below it will be seen that these products con- 

 tain chicory to the amount of about 30 to 40 per cent; some running as 

 low as 10 per cent, while others as high as 80 per cent. 



There is much misbranding of this class of products, and extrava- 

 gant claims are made for them by many of the manufacturers. It is 

 claimed that chicory adds strength to coffee, and improves its quality, 

 but if their mixing happens to be bad, and an examination shows a 

 little more chicory in a sample than the manufacturer thinks it contains, 

 he usually objects seriously to the publishing of the results, claiming 

 that the excess of chicory was due to some accident, and that to publish 

 the results will injure his business and do him great injustice. 



There is no objection on the part of the Department to the sale of 

 coffee and chicory, mixed in any proportion, provided the product is 

 properly and honestly labeled what it is. If it is coffee and chicory it 

 should be so labeled ; if it is chicory and coffee it should be so labeled. 

 That is if the coffee is in excess it should be labeled coffee and chicory, 



d if the chicory is in excess it should be labeled chicory and coffee 



an 



Some manufacturers insist on calling these products blends of coffee 

 and chicory. The food laAV provides that a blend is a mixture of like 

 substances. Coffee and chicory not being like substances, a mixture of 

 them can not constitute a blend. 



COFFEE AND COFFEE SUBSTITUTES. 



2m 

 ° s 



9927 



9934 



10438 



10229 



10262 



10284 



9713 



10353 



9939 



i 

 10353 



10157 



10242 



10810 



1"5 



78.00 

 72.00 

 28.00 

 23.00 

 51.00 

 77.00 



93.00 



42.00 



43.00 

 74.00 





22.00 

 28.00 

 72.00 

 77.00 

 47.00 

 23.00 



Remarks and Conclusions 



0.00 

 7.00 



58.00 



57.00 

 26.00 



32.00 68.00 



Coffee and cbicory. 

 do. 



Compound chicory and coffee, misbranded; the chicory being in excess it should be 

 labeled chicory and coffee. Sale illegal, 

 do. 



Compound coffee and chicory. It is not a blend as labeled; statement in regard to 



strength of chicory misleading. Sale illegal. 

 Compound coffee and chicory. Statement on can in regard to chicory and strength 



of compound is misleading. Sale illegal. 

 Coffee and chicory, misrepresented by dealer. He sold same as coffee. Sale illegal. 

 Coffee. 

 Coffee and chicory. 



Compound chicory and coffee, misbranded; chicory being in excess it should be 

 labeled chicory and coffee. Sale illegal, 

 do. 

 Compound coffee and chicory. 



t 

 Chicory and coffee, misbranded; as chicory is in excess, it should be branded chicory 



and coffee. Sale illegal. 



