SPICES AND CONDIMENTS. 



Analysis of ash of Telliclierry pepper. 



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'The sand, be finds, the most variable constituent, but never above 9 

 per cent, of the ash except in cases of willful adulteration. Phosphoric 

 acid averages 8.5 per cent, of the ash, which is considered characteristic. 

 He has also identified nitrates in peppers, finding in 



The average proximate composition he finds to be 



Following are some analyses made by Blyth in 1876 : 



