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was in a large pitcher, so that any amount might be taken. At the 

 time when the food samples were purchased, milk was sold by the 

 glass, each glass holding approximately three-quarters of a cup.i 

 The energy and the protein content of the butter, sugar, cream, and 

 milk have been calculated from previously published analyses of 

 these foods, and the results are given in Table 16. These indicate 

 that several hundred calories and several grams of protein may easily 

 be added to a meal by the inclusion of these foods, depending upon 

 how liberally an individual serves himself. 



Table 16. Butter, Sugar, Cream, and Milk*. 



Food 



Measure 



Butter — average servings 



Restaurant A 



Restaurant B 



Restaurant C 



Restaurant D 



Sugar (granulated) ... 



Cream ( thin ) 



Milk (whole) 



13 gm 



8 gm 



7 gm 



10 gm 



Silver teaspoonf 



(7.4 gm.) 



1 tablespoon . . . 



Vi cup 



1 glass ( % cup ) 



V2 pint 



1 pint 



1 quart 



* The values in this table are based on data given by Rose, M. S., Feeding the 

 family, Nevsr York, 1916 and 1925 ; ibid.. Laboratory handbook for dietetics. New 

 York, 1923, pp. 33 and 45. Butter assumed to contain 7.69 cal. per gm. and 1 p. ct. 

 protein ; milk 4 p. ct. fat, 0.69 cal. per gm., and 3.3 p. ct. protein. 



t Average of 3 servings (not level teaspoonf uls) by each of 17 individuals. 

 Benedict, C. G., and F. G. Benedict, Boston, Med. and Surgr. Jouin., 1919, 181, p. 415. 



BREAKFASTS 



Analyses of the breakfasts, all secured at the college cafeteria, 

 are given in Table 17. Those which sold regularly for 25 cents af- 

 forded a choice of fruit or cereal, egg or bacon, toast or muffins, 

 and tea, coffee or milk. The other breakfasts were purchased at so 

 much an item (10 cents for fruit, 10 cents for cereal, and 5 cents for 

 toast) and were purposely selected to contain only fruit, cereal and 

 toast. An additional charge of 5 cents would have been made for the 

 drink. The toast was unbuttered in every instance, the butter being 

 served in a pat separately. The samples of breakfasts, as analyzed, 

 did not contain butter or sugar and milk for the cereal or drink, but 



(1) The law in New. Hampshire now requires that milk be sold in public 

 eating places in half-pint bottles, but in our calculations of the calories for 

 10 cents in these mixed meals, if milk was included in the cost of the meal, 

 the energy content of the milk has been considered to be equivalent to that 

 in one glassful and not in one half-pint. 



