ANALYSES OF MISCELLANEOUS FOOD MATERIALS. 



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facture is secret. The sample as received consisted of a single 

 biscuit, about 2^5 inches long- and 1 inch thick, weighing less 

 than two ounces (55 grams). It is said when it is moistened 

 the Pain-de-guerre takes up a great deal of water and swells so 

 that it has the appearance of soft bread rather than that of a 

 cracker. Because of the smallness of the sample, this property 

 was not tested. Its chemical analysis would seem to indicate 

 that it is made entirely of wheat with which it agrees quite 

 closely in composition. 



Malted Nuts. 



Malted Nuts. (6178). Manufactured by the Sanitas Nut 

 Food Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. 



"A perfect food, can be used to the exclusion of all other foods 

 for infants or other persons, is suited to all ages and possesses 

 all the essentials of a perfect nutrient. Malted nuts is not a 

 chemical mixture of food elements, but a simple preparation of 

 natural products, predigested and otherwise prepared for prompt 

 and perfect assimilation." 



As shown below, the claimed analysis on the wrapper cor- 

 responds closely with the results of the analysis of the sample 

 here reported upon. 



WEIGHT OF NUTRIENTS AND FUEL VALUE OF ONE POUND OF MALTED 

 NUTS AS CLAIMED BY THE MANUFACTURERS AND FOUND BY ANALYSIS. 



Claimed Analyses. 



Lbs. 



Analyses here Reported. 



Lbs. 



Water 



Vegetable Albumin 



Nut fat (perfectly emulsified).. 

 Digested starch (Maltose, etc.) 

 Salts 



.045 

 .236 

 .204 

 .493 

 .022 



Water 



Protein 



Fat 



Carbohydrates 



Ash 



Fuel value, Calories per pound 



.026 

 .237 

 .276 

 .439 

 .022 



2,600 



Acorns (Qucrcus). 

 In Bulletin 54 of this Station, Nuts as Food, there were given 

 the results of analyses of acorns from the common black oak of 

 Arizona, Quercus Emory i, and samples of acorn meal and acorn 

 bread used by the Indians of the Yosemite Valley as food. We 

 were indebted to Dr. Chestnut of the Division of Botany, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture for these samples. In April, 1900. 



