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sample examined differs from the average of California wheat 

 products by containing a higher percentage of protein. 



Hecker's Farina, judging from appearance and composition, is 

 a finely ground white wheat flour. The only drawback to the 

 goods for the purposes mentioned on the wrapper is the high 

 cost, 14 cents a pound. 



The statement that "Old Plymouth Breakfast Food is made 

 from carefully selected glutinous wheat" accords fairly well with 

 its analysis w^hich show^s it to contain more protein than the most 

 of the other wheat preparations examined. That it "is the most 

 economical of all cereal foods" is not so evident. It costs at 

 retail at the rate of 8 cents per pound, and equally good wheat 

 preparations are sold in bulk at one-half the price. 



Pillsbury's Vitos is the "choicest product of carefully selected 

 Northwestern hard spring w'heat." The analysis on the package 

 calls for 16.64 per cent of protein, and the sample examined 

 carries only 11.9 per cent. The first analysis corresponds with 

 a hard wheat, while the sample reported bears evidence of hav- 

 ing been made from a soft winter wheat. The claimed analysis 

 shows 6.68 per cent of water ; the sample examined carried 9.30 

 per cent. 



Ralston Breakfast Food, "a perfect food made from selected 

 wheat rich in gluten," is also apparently made from a soft 

 winter wheat. The sample examined carries 10.70 per cent of 

 protein, and hence could not have been made from a "wheat rich 

 in gluten." It is a well made preparation, but its cost of 8 cents 

 a pound is too high. 



The Health Food Company's Wheatena contains the highest 

 percentage of protein of any of the wheat preparations examined 

 by the Station. While some of the claims made by the company 

 for Wheatena are not fully borne out, they do call attention to 

 the fact that it can be used, "in all cases and conditions and by 

 all beings, except such as suffer from the disease known as 

 diabetes." Its high cost, 11.4 cents per pound, prevents its use 

 as an economical cereal food. 



"Wheatlet," made from choice selected wheat "especially rich 

 in the nitrogenous elements," is a well prepared food of good 

 composition, carrying a higher per cent of protein (13.6%) than 

 most of the wheat preparations. 



