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 AND ICE CREAM SUBSTITUTES— ConHnwed. 



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the chief adulleration has consisted in the addition of refined sugar 

 sirup, the maple sirup present being depended on to ilavor the whole, 

 though the maple flavor is often reinforced by the addition of an extract 

 of bark or an imitation flavor. Since pure maple sirup consists largely 

 of ordinary sugar, the direct detection of added sugar sirup is, of course, 

 impossible, but its presence is easily shown by the determination of 

 minor constituents which occur in maple products only. 



Twenty samples of maple sirup and substitutes for the same were 

 examined, nine of which were adulterated or misbranded and two were 

 not properly labeled. (See table below.) 



SIRUPS AND COMPOUND MAPLE SIRUPS. 



