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The principal material which is used to mix with and adulterate 

 coffee is chicory, though the roasted roots of dandelions, beets and 

 carrots, as well as many cereals and leguminous seeds, such as wheat, 

 rye, barley, beans and peas are often used. Attempts have been 

 made to imitate the coffee bean, but it has been a failure, and the 

 only successful adulteration is the addition of a substitute to the 

 ground product. The consuming public is therefore cautioned re- 

 garding the purchase of ground coffee. 



There are a great many brands of so-called coffee on the market 

 that contain from 20 to 60 per cent of chicory. The manufacturers 

 of these products generally claim that the chicory is added not to 

 adulterate, but to actually improve the quality and strength of the 

 coffee. This claim does not seem to be well founded, and is mis- 

 leading to the public. Chicory, when roasted, contains a large 

 amount of caromel and other soluble matter that imparts to the 

 product, when made into a liquid for use as a beverage, a black, thick, 

 soup-like appearance. The effect produced in coffee by the presence 

 of chicory can no more correctly be regarded as adding strength to the 

 coffee than if so much roasted starch and caromel had been added 

 to it. Chicory is not added to coffee to give it strength, but to 

 cheapen the product. The cost of chicory ranges from about one- 

 fourth to one-eighth of the cost of coffee, depending upon the quality 

 of both. 



The State food law provides that a product is adulterated : 



1. If any substance has been mixed or packed with it so as to 

 reduce or lower its quality or strength. 



2. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the 

 article. 



Under the law the addition of anything to coffee that reduces or 

 lowers its strength or value is an adulterant. The addition of 

 chicory to coffee reduces or lowers its quality and strength and is. 



RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION OF COFFEE AND 





Material and Brand 

 from Label. 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler. 



Retail Dealer or Party 'Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis. 



5773'CofTee, White House iDwinell-Wright Co., Boston, 



Mass. 

 5774|Coffee, Private Estate.. ..F. A. Cachois & Co., New York, 



1 i N. Y. 



5779 Coffee Sprague-Warner Co., Chicago, III. 



5782 Coffee, Superior.. Chase & Sanborn, Boston, Mass. 



5793 do do 



5797 Coffee, Star. 

 5799lCoffee, 5-A.- 



Dannemiller & Co., Canton, O. 



S. R. Lentz, Charlotte 



....do 



....do 



Miller- Van Ness Co., Charlotte.. 

 C. W. Padderson, Mount Airy... 

 Gaddy & Troy, Concord 



Bonsai Coffee Co., Baltimore, Md. D. J. Bost Co., Concord 



