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2.1 per cent of crude fiber, practically that of the average Cali- 

 fornia undecorticated wheat and higher than that of any other 

 wheat preparation here reported, except the Shredded Whole 

 Wheat. Its protein, fiber and ash content agree with those of 

 undecorticated wheat. 



Pillsbury's Vitos. "It is the choicest product of carefully 

 selected northwestern hard spring wheat." This sample is 

 higher in both ash and protein than that examined three years 

 ago. The ash and crude fiber indicate that it is made from 

 decorticated wheat. At 13 cents a package it is one of the 

 cheapest of these foods. 



Ralston Health Breakfast Food. The writer of the advertise- 

 ment printed on the package evidently mistakes starch for gluten 

 in explaining how one part of this food can absorb six parts of 

 water. The amount of protein is somewhat below the average. 

 Its crude fiber and ash indicate that it is made from decorticated 

 wheat. 



Shredded Whole Wheat "consists of the whole wheat berry, 

 (nothing added), made light and short by a mechanical shred- 

 ding and thorough cooking." Its chemical composition is that 

 of a rather soft wheat. It is interesting to note that this most 

 extensively advertised of wheat preparations carries no advertis- 

 ing statements of an exaggerated nature. While the advertise- 

 ment is written with the evident intention of convincing the 

 reader that there is no other wheat product to be compared with 

 this, a careful inspection of the package fails to disclose any 

 statements to which exceptions can be taken. It has the same 

 nutritive value as the wheat from which it is made. Shredded 

 Wheat at 13 cents a package costs 15 cents per pound and is 

 consequently somewhat expensive, though it should not be for- 

 gotten that it is cooked and ready for the table. 



Sugarnuts. "This food is made from the germ and glutinous 

 portions of Aroostook wheat. As the germ is large and fully 

 developed in the wheat grown in this section the food contains 

 a large portion of the germ, giving that sweet and nutty flavor 

 peculiar to Aroostook Wheat flour." It is sold in bulk at 5 cents 

 a pound and is by far the cheapest of the wheat preparations 

 named here. As it is uncooked it is not quite so quickly pre- 

 pared for the table as some of the cereal foods. 



Wheatena is made from "peeled wheat." "As it is deficient 

 in starch, the dyspeptic, with whom starch is indigestible, finds 



