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therefore, an adulterant. The law, however, provides that if the 

 fact of its presence in the coffee is stated on the label, the sale is not 

 illegal. Chicory, cereals, or legumes added to coffee reduces and 

 lowers the value of the coffee, and a product containing one-fourth or 

 one-half chicory, etc., is worth practically one-fourth or one-half less 

 than an equal amount of the same coffee. Then why buy coffee and 

 chicory or coffee and cereals at the price of coffee ? The sale of 

 coffee and chicory as such is legal under the law, but why pay the 

 price of coffee for a product that is worth much less than coffee? 



It is advisable to buy the unground coffee and have it ground, then 

 you know that you are getting what you buy. 



Under the head of coffee and coffee substitutes 57 samples were 

 examined, 23 of which were unground roasted coffees, and 34 were 

 ground. Of the 34 ground samples 8 of them contained chicory or 

 cereals in amounts ranging from 20 to GO per cent. Because the 

 roasted or parched chicory and cereals, containing a large amount 

 of coloring matter, impart a black and soup-like appearance to the 

 product, manufacturers who use them in their coffee claim that they 

 give strength to it. From the best information on the subject this 

 claim is untrue, and the chicory and cereals are added only to cheapen 

 the product and enlarge the manufacturer's profits. 



Sample ISTo. 7580, a compound of chicory and cereals with coffee, 

 is offered for sale under what the manufacturer terms a trade or 

 proprietary name, "]\Ioney Saver." These words appear to be mis- 

 leading. The State Food Law provides that a product is deemed to 

 be misbrandcd if the label bears any statement that is untrue or mis- 

 leading in any particular. From the composition and price of this 

 article it would appear that the words "Money Saver" are mislead- 

 ing, and if so the product is misbranded. However, the public is 

 cautioned that this product is not coffee and can not be offered for 

 sale as such. 

 COFFEE SUBSTITUTES, ROASTED AND GROUND. 



