174 THE NUT BUTTER INDUSTRY 



consumes 25 Ib. of nut butter per head per annum, 

 while in England the quantity is 5 Ib. per head 

 per annum. 



In many quarters it is considered that this 

 industry is still in its infancy, and that within five 

 or six years the general public will have practically 

 discarded dairy butter in favour of nut butter, 

 owing to the latter' s superior quality and cheapness. 

 Another outstanding feature is the extent to which 

 the product is being manufactured in Great Britain, 

 imports of nut butter having declined some 35 per 

 cent, in three years. During the same period there 

 has also been a significant decrease in the imports 

 of dairy butter into the United Kingdom from 

 Denmark and Sweden, as well as from New South 

 Wales, Victoria, Canada, and other British colonies. 

 From the various States of the Australian Common- 

 wealth, for instance, the exports of butter, as 

 shown by the official returns, fell from 4,637,362 

 in 1911 to 3,343,240 in 1912. 



The process of manufacture of nut butter, as 

 recently described by a leading daily journal, is 

 extremely interesting, involving considerable 

 scientific and technical skill and the employment of 

 complicated and costly machinery. The principal 

 constituents are coconut oil and milk. Every day 

 nearly four trainloads of milk are dispatched from 

 the West of England to the London factory of one 

 big company, which alone disposes of about 



