November, 1910 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



Analysts 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Albert G, Durgin Royden L. Hammond 



Raymond P. Norton Alfred K. Burke 



(§ttimi MBptttxanB. 



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CARBONATED BEVERAGES. 



Samples of carbonated beverages were purchased from quite 

 a large percentage of the Maine bottlers during August and 

 September. 1910. The results of the analyses are given in the 

 tables which accompany this discussion. 



Standards and Rulings for CARnoNATED Beverages. 

 The regulations under which carbonated beverages are sold 

 are given in M. F. D. R. 19, which is as follows: 



M. I". D. R. 19. 



CARBONATED BEVERAGES. 



The standards for carbonated beverages, root beers and similar bev- 

 erages Iiave not yet been determined upon. For tlie present these goods 

 may be sold in Maine under the following general regulations. 



Goods true to name need no label. Hence sirups made from cane 

 sugar and flavored with extracts made from pure fruit oils or with 

 pure, fruit juices, without added coloring matter can be lawfully sold 

 without label of any kind. 



Carbonated water flavored with extract made from pure fruit oils 

 or with pure fruit juices, without any added coloring matter and 

 sweetened with cat'e sugar can be lawfully sold in bottles or from foun- 

 tains as "soda water" or "soda" without label of any kind. 



