The Bulletin. 



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There are a great number of artificial or imitation ciders on the 

 market, presumably made from fruit extracts, but which are really 

 made from chemical flavors. While many of them are not actually 

 poisonous, according to the common acceptation of the term, they 

 certainly are more or less deleterious to health, and the system would 

 be far better off without them. If the sale of these artificial prod- 

 ucts — products made wholly from chemical or artificial flavors — 

 could be suppressed the public would be greatly benefited thereby. 



These products are more adulterated with objectionable coal-tar 

 dyes and chemical preservatives than any other class of products. 

 There is some necessity for the use of a preservative in fruit ciders, 

 for they are of value as a beverage and are difficult to keep with- 

 out it. A pure fruit juice or cider is a healthy beverage, and is 

 wholesome. They occupy a very different place from the artificial 

 product with which the market is overrun, and which is a curse to the 

 country. 



Thirty-eight samples of ciders and imitation ciders have been ex- 

 amined and a chemical preservative was found in sixteen of them. 

 Most of them belong to the artificial or imitation class. They can 

 hardly be regarded as adulterated, for the product itself is, in many 

 cases, as worthless as any material that could be put in them. 



AND IMITATION OR ARTIFICIAL CIDERS. 



