THE HOME MANUFACTUEE OF FRUIT PRODUCTS. 



Fruit products should be used more abundantly in the diet. When 

 properly made they are nutritious, wholesome and appetizing. The 

 chief reasons why they are not used more extensively may be stated 

 as follows: (i) a lack of knowledge concerning the real food value of 

 fruit products; (2) their rather high cost because of the large amotint 

 of sugar used in their manuf actiire ; (3) the cloying effect on the ap- 

 petite of these rich products which gives them rank among the confec- 

 tions and luxuries rather than among foods. 



The purpose of this bulletin is to try to correct these fundamental 

 errors by showing: (i) that fruit and fruit products do possess a con- 

 siderable food value; (2) that it is not necessary, nor is it desirable, to 

 use such large quantities of sugar in manufacturing most fruit products; 

 (3) that fruit products properly made do not have the cloying effect 

 on the appetite and may be eaten in quantity ; (4) to lay the foundation 

 for a standardization of home-manufactured products; (5) to show how 

 such products may be easily and cheaply made in the home. 



"Eat an apple a day and keep the doctor away" has long been a 

 familiar saying. Just how much medicinal value, if any, there is in an 

 apple or in fruits generally no one seems to know, but that there is at 

 least a grain of truth in this old saying seems certain. Apparently all 

 authorities are agreed upon the general proposition that fruits are agree- 

 able, pleasant to the taste, have some food value and are at least health- 

 ful if not medicinal. 



Fruits contain certain things which the body needs. Those most 

 generally emphasized are the acids, the minerals, the more recently 

 discovered substances called vitamines, which are so necessary to com- 

 plete nutrition, and last but by no means least, the sugars. 



The average person has, in the past, been content to eat his fruit be- 

 cause it tickled his palate and gave him an agreeable, comfortable feel- 

 ing. Little or no thought was given to the possible food value. 



Fruits, as has been stated, contain considerable quantities of sugars, 

 and sugars are a source of much energy. Those of us who must work for 

 a living need a great deal of energy, and if we can get a part of this 

 energy from fruit and fruit products, why would it not be the proper 

 source. As already stated we get more value than just sugar, but for 

 the moment let us confine ourselves to the sugar values only of a few of 

 our fruits and fruit products. 



Chemists and others, who during their spare moments have analyzed 

 fruits and a few of the fruit products, give the composition as shown in 

 the following table : — 



