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OF CONFECTIONERY— Continued. 



of the fruit, which is destroyed by the sulphurous acid, is replaced by 

 coal-tar dyes, which are not affected by the acid. 



Four samples of cherries (three Maraschino and one Creme de 

 Men the) were examined. All the samples were found to contain 

 benzoates and two contained coal-tar dyes. 



MARASCHINO, CREME DE MENTHE, ETC. 



That it has not been more generally used can be explained only in 

 part. In the first place, corn meal cannot be made into a light, porous 

 loaf, as can flour from the wheat grain. Again, when reduced to meal 

 on grinding, the oil of the grain soon becomes rancid and the meal 

 loses its palatability. 



Twenty samples of meal were analyzed. The per cent of ash and 

 the microscopic examination showed all the samples to be pure corn 

 meal. 



Results of the examination of corn meal follow in the table: 



