FOOD COMPOSITION 

 COMMON FOODS CLASSIFIED* 



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* " How We Live." Copyright, 1915, by Funk & Wagnalls. 



Candies eaten between meals are not often regarded as food; and 

 children may frequently be over-nourished by eating an excessive 

 amount of sweets. It might be well to mention chocolate candy 

 in connection with carbohydrate food. Chocolate candy should not 

 be given to children in any considerable quantity. A substance 

 called theobromine in the chocolate is too strong a stimulant for 

 their delicate nervous systems. Since candy is considered a food, 

 it should be made free from all adulterations, and, if colored, it should 

 be colored with harmless dyes. A great deal of cheap poisonous candy 

 which contains adulterations and material useless as food has been 

 sold to children. 



The use in candy of mineral substances, poisonous colors or 

 flavors, or any injurious material is discouraged . by all reputable 

 candy manufacturers. Candies sweetened with saccharin, covered 

 with shellac to keep moisture out, coated with talc, filled with earth 

 or white clay in which glue has been used instead of gelatin, or 



