FOOD-COLOR REQUIREMENTS. 



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One ounce of color to 30 pounds of "colored food;" the colored 

 food was not further defined; which means 1 part of color in 480 

 parts of colored product. 



It has further been represented that 1 part of color is sufficient 

 to whiten 250,000 parts of yellow sugar. 



From time to time others have presented information as to the 

 amount of color used in food products. All of these data available 

 have been tabulated, showing the number of parts of colored product 

 containing 1 part of coal-tar color, arranged in the order of the 

 amounts present: 



Food 1 



Do 2 



Flour 



Do 



Sugar 



Confectionery. 



Sirups 



Sugar 



Sirups 



Confectionery. 



Butter 



Confectionery. 



100 



480 



666 



1,000 



1,333 



3,500 



4,000 



4,000 



5,000 



12, 800 



16, 666 



20,000 



Confectionery 24, 576 



Do 30,000 



Do 32,000 



Beverages 80,000 



Pastry 100, 000 



Beverages 120, 000 



Do 128,000 



Confectionery 192, 000 



Whitening sugar 250, 000 



256,000 



Do 1,024,000 



Grouped according to the kind of material colored, the ranges 

 are as follows : 



Food MOO; 



2 480 



Pastry 100, 000 



Sugar 1, 333; 



4,000 

 Sirups 4, 000; 



5,000 

 Whitening sugar 250, 000 



Beverages 80, 000; 



120, 000; 128, 000; 

 256,000;], 024,000 



Butter 16, 666 



Confectionery 3, 500; 



12, 800; 20, 000; 

 24, 576; 30, 000; 

 32,000; 192,000 



Flour 666; 



1,000 



These statements have emanated from persons presumably ac- 

 quainted with the facts of their own practice, and if that presumption 

 is correct it appears that there are wide variations in practice not 

 only among individual users, but for individual colors. No attempt 

 has been made to prove or disprove these statements by actual deter- 

 mination of the amount of color contained in commercial colored 

 food products. 



The 80 chemical individuals on this market for food-coloring pur- 

 poses, it can be fairly assumed, have been tested and tried out as to 

 their utility, and in this respect further tests were regarded as super- 

 fluous and therefore have not been undertaken. 



i Kind not definitely stated. 



8 Said to be for preserved tomatoes. 



