114: FOOD VALUE OF CACAO, ETC. 



No. 2. TRINIDAD "FINE ESTATES" VALUED 14c. PEE LB. 



1. Weight received from G. G. & Co. ... 10 Ibs. 



2. Weight when roasted aud cleaned ... ... ... 7'86 ,, 



3. Weight of husk '.'. 1'63 



4. Weight of Cacao after removal of Fat 5'60 



5. Weight of Fat from 7 -86 Ibs. 1'64 



<x Loss roasting and cleaning -51 Ibs. 



7. Loss during grinding and expression of fat '62 Ibs. 



8. Total loss 1-13 



(Dry Cacao Powder ... ... 6- % 



10 HK.::: ;;: ::: : w . 6 Sl 



(Husk 276 U6-3% 



100-0 



No. 3. TRINIDAD " ORDINARY " CACAO, 14c. PER LB. 



100-0 



The author in 1897, had the privilege, through the kindness 

 of the proprietors, of visiting the large Factories of Messrs 

 Rowntree of York and Messrs. Cadbury of Birmingham. The 

 cleanliness and care with which the various preparations were 

 inade in these works is hardly possible to excel, and the materials 

 used were of the finest quality. .Regarding adulteration with sugar, 

 manufacturers admit it. and declare that the Public demand it so, 

 find that the sweetest chocolate sells the lest, While this state ol 

 things e^cist, it is perhaps hopeless to expect any large quantities of 

 pure Cacao preparations to be manufactured, as the Factories can- 

 not be blamed for supplying the popular demand. Nearly all first- 

 class makers, however, make the pure preparations, which can be 

 obtained if asked for, and these are gaining way slowly with the 

 intelligent, but the mass still buys the cheap, sweet and starchy 

 mixtures which are sold under the namos of Cacao and Chocolate. 



