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other substances which have been found as adulterants of 

 coffee. 



Treacle is sometimes introduced into fictitious chicory, to 

 give the caramel or saccharine odour possessed by real 

 chicory. 



Dr. Hassall says the roasted chicory root yields from 45 to 

 65 per cent, of soluble extractive. Its solution in water is 

 acid, and it does not possess the peculiar bitter taste of the 

 raw root ; but the taste of the liquid is more like that of 

 burnt sugar. The copper test shows the presence of from 

 10 to 13 per cent, of sugar. 



