76 Maine; agricui^turaIv expjjriment station. ■ 1912. 



CATCHUP. 



According to the standards fixed in Maine catchup (ketchup, 

 catsup) is the clean, sound' product made from the properly 

 prepared pulp of clean, sound, fresh, ripe tomatoes with spices 

 and with or without sugar and vinegar. Benzoate of soda can 

 he used if its presence and amount are plainly stated. 



In 1911 quite a number of samples of catchup were ex- 

 amined. Microscopical examination was made only partially. 

 Nearly all of the specimens showed some spores or mycelium 

 which indicated in a way that the materials were somewhat 

 inferior when they were used. They, however, were not at all 

 bad and in most instances no more were found than would 

 naturally appear in a home-made tomato catchup. 



The catchups were all tested for coal tar colors and found to 

 be free from artificial coloring. 



The follozving brands contained no benzoate of soda. 



Hatchet Brand Tomato Catchup. Twitchell-Champlin Co., Portland, 

 Me. 



Hazard's Shrewsbury's Tomato Catchup, purchased from the Geo. 

 C. Shaw Co., Portland, Me. 



Heinz Tomato Catchup. H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburg, Pa., purchased 

 from Trefethen & Sweet Co., Portland, Me. 



Libby's Tomato Catchup. Libby, McNeil & Libby, purchnsed from 

 Trefethen & Sweet Co., Portland, Me. 



Newport Tomato Catchup. Jersey Packing Co., Cincinnati, O,, pur- 

 chased from Trefethen & Sweet Co., Portland, Me. 



Snider's Catchup. T. A. Snider Preserve Co., Cincinnati, O., pur- 

 chased from Patrons Cooperative Corporation, Portland, Me. 



Solar Brand Catchup. Packed for C. A. Weston, Portland, Me., and 

 obtained from them. 



The follozving brands contained less than one-tenth of one 

 per cent of bensoate of soda, and were so labeled. 



Curtis Bros. Blue Label Catsup. D. W. True & Co., Portland, Me. 



Sunryside Catchsup. Jersey Packing Co., Cincinnati, O., purchased 

 from D. W. True & Co., Portland, Me. 



The foUonnng zvere misbranded in that they zvere labeled to 

 contain one-tenth of one per cent bensoate of soda and coii- 

 tained more than one-tenth and less than tzvo-tenths. 



Columbia Catchup. Columbia Conserve Co., Indianapolis, Ind., pur- 

 chased from Littlefield & Co., Portland. 



Tomato Catchup. Ceo. C. Shaw Co., Portland. 



Montauk Point Brand Tomato Catchup. E. E. Clifford Co., Portland. 



Parker House Brand Tomato Catchup, McMechen Preserving Co., 

 Wheeling, W. Va., purchased from Twitchell-Champlin Co., Portland 



Perfection Brand Catchup. Packed for Contant, Patrick Co., Port- 

 land. 



