The Bulletin. 



85 



AJND ICE CREAM SUBST1TUTE8— ConMnued. 



grass. These materials are very pungent and have to be used in 

 small quantities. They are, however, a very poor substitute for 

 lemon flavor. 



Many of these products are labeled compound, and dealers often 

 insist that the compound is practically as good as the real extract, 

 and consumers are induced to buy them at the same or practically 

 the same price as the real extract. For the benefit of the consuming 

 public we desire to say that such statements are untrue, and usually 

 the dealer knows that they are untrue. Consumers are hereby cau- 

 tioned against the purchase of compounds, imitations, etc., for which 

 they are paying the price of a first-class article. 



Forty-two samples of lemon extracts and lemon extract substitutes 

 were examined, 15 of which proved to be standard extracts, while 

 26, or nearly 62 per cent, were either adulterated or misbranded. 

 and one was not properly labeled. 



By reference to the table following it will be seen that some of these 

 products contained no lemon oil at all, while others contained as 

 much as 8.40 per cent. 



The law requires that a lemon extract shall contain not less than 

 5 per cent (by volume) of lemon oil. In the future violations of the 

 law will be prosecuted. 



