THE FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF COMMON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTS 

 continued 



Milk and shell. 



tThe average of five analyses of cereal coffee grain is: Water 6.2, protein 

 13.3, fat 3.4, carbohydrates 72.6. and ash 4.5 per cent. Only a portion of the 

 nutrients, however, enter into the infusion. The average in the table repre- 

 sents the available nutrients in the beverage. Infusion of genuine coffee and 

 of tea like the above contain practically no nutrients. 



Many important developments have been 

 made in the study of foods during the life ot 

 the New Earth; for, while these foods in the 

 main existed before this period began, they 

 seem, by the individuality which has been 

 given them under the new order, to belong 

 significantly to the present. One of the most 

 important developments has been in showing 



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