BULLETIN 27, LJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



than that prepared from the more expensive commercial cubes. As 

 i flavoring agent the semisolid meat extracts are added to gravy and 

 soup and are better than bouillon cubes because the soup, when pre- 

 pared from vegetables, already contains the flavoring derived from 

 the vegetables. 



FLUID MEAT EXTRACT. 



Fluid extracts of meat are a more expensive product than the 

 semisolid meat extracts. Commercial fluid-meat extract consists of 

 at least one-half water and is sold at about the same price, volume 

 for volume, as the semisolid meat extract which contains not more 

 than 25 per cent of water. 



COMMERCIAL MEAT JUICES AND OTHER LIQUID MEAT PREPARATIONS. 



Commercial meat juices and other liquid meat preparations are 

 ;ilso expensive dietary products when the amounts of food 



actually present in 



them are consid- 

 ered. One reason 

 for this is that in 

 making these com- 

 mercial juices the 

 coagulable protein, 

 or muscle - building 

 food elements, 

 which are pressed 

 out of meat and are 

 present in freshly 

 made meat juice, are 

 partly or entirely 

 removed by the manufacturer in order to make a product which 

 will keep. Therefore, the most valuable food elements of the meat 

 juice usually do not 

 reach the consumer. 

 These commercial 

 meat- juice prepara- 

 tions cost from 50 

 to 75 cents for 2 

 ounces of liquid, 

 which makes them 

 much more expen- 

 sive than the semi- 

 solid meat extracts. 

 These commercially 

 prepared meat 

 juices are fre- 

 quently fluid extracts of meat — that is, dilute solutions of the semi- 

 solid meat extracts. 



{FAT0.04% 

 \WATER 49.94 % 



SALT 7.02% 



ASH OTHER THAA/ 'SALT " <$?<£?% 



■MEAT EXTRACT 34.//% 



rade fluid meat extract (35 cents for 

 ounces). 



Q 



7\ [RAT 0.09^0 

 /".J \_WATER 57.75% 



Fig. G. 



SALT a. 27% 



ASHOTHE/? THAHSALTS.96% 



MEAT EXTRACT 24.93 % 



-Poorest grade fluid meat extract (40 cents 

 for 3J ounces). 



