738 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



Seventeen of the samples contain glucose. In only one instance does 

 the ash rise above 1 per cent, viz, No. 108. 



Water is not present in excessive quantities in any of the samples. 

 Fourteen of the samples contain glucose and two contain gelatin. 



SUMMARY. 



Samples. 



Starch 1 ^ 



Starch and uni \ 



Glucose 17 



Organic coloring matter 25 



Mineral coloring matter 



Glucose 14 



Gelatin 2 



ANALYSES BY M. A. SCOVELL. 



All of the samples except one, viz, No. 157, contained glucose. 



Only two contained notable quantities of starch and gum, viz, Nos. 

 170 and 173. 



Nineteen of the samples had organic coloring matter added. 



In no case did the percentage of ash reach .90, showing the entire ab- 

 sence of added earthy or mineral matter. 



Sucrose was the chief constituent of all the samples examined. 



SUMMARY. 



Samples. 



Glucose 24 ' 



Organic coloring 19 



Of which 



Cochineal 5 



Eosin 2 



Starch and gum 2 



ANALYSES BY S. P. SHARPLES. 



Sixteen samples contained glucose and two or three others possibly 

 a small quantity. 



Nearly all the samples (exact number not to be stated from data) con- 

 tained organic colors, both vegetable and cochineal, and also many of 

 them coal-tar colors. 



Six of the samples contained considerable quantities of starch and 

 gums. In only one case was there an excess of ash, No. 9553 having 2.01 

 per cent thereof. 



As in the other sets, the chief constituent of all the samplesls sucrose. 

 In only pne case, No. 9553, does this quantity fall below 50 per cent;. 



SUMMARY. 



Samples. 



Glucose 16 



Coloring matter Nearly all. 



Coal-tar colors 15 



Starch and gum 



