914 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 
A.—Coffees roasted with sugar. 
1. J0L | 1. 
Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
IMOIStUner eee! aa Sen ee eee eae Sve eee cpa a rig ie 9.91 10. 46 | 4,41 
Calculated on the dry substance: | | 
| i 
Soluble matter adhering to the beans ...........--..--. 7.72 7. 59 | Baoan 
Reducing sugar, calculated as dextrose.-...-..-------- 1.49 1. 49 | - 91 | 
Rotalawaterisolublemautern esos esse een ee aee pee 2Ber 2H 27. (1 26.07 | 
Hati(volatileioil tether extract)i+-24-2 4-4-2225 222 12. 62 12. 34 9.45 | 
B.— Coffees roasted without sugar. 
| : if IULs JOB 
Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
IMIOIS GUT? et YOR SS ote cto Sec eae he lacs pe NS a a ie 3.14 2.73 Op Tris) - 
Calculated on the dry substance: 
Soluble matter adhering to the beans -...------------- | 4.77 | 4.15 4. 43 | 
Reducing sugar present calculated as dextrose. -...--. 44 .B4 al) 
= SS | 
Motalwater soluble matterze--e- 45 cesses eee 24, 09 21. 81 25. 97 
Fat (volatile oil, ether extract) ............-.....---- ) -#al65 29 13. 44 12.06 | 
The large percentage of moisture retained by the glazed coffee and the 
decided increase in the soluble matters adhering to the beans must cer- 
tainly prove of considerable profit to the roaster without advantage to 
the consumer. 
SUBSTITUTES FOR COFFEE. 
A number of substitutes for coffee have been proposed. Many of 
these have little claim to be entitled substitutes, since they simply fur- 
nish a decoction more or less bitter and of a coffee color. 
Substitutes, no matter how nutritious, should never be sold in mix- 
tures with genuine coffee, except in properly labeled packages. The 
package should be distinctly branded in such a way as to avoid mislead- 
ing the purchaser and should indicate from what raw material the sub- 
stitute has been prepared. 
Besides chicory, Mogdad, and Mussaenda coftee, acorns, figs, legumi- 
nous seeds, and cereals have been employed as coffee substitutes. 
In this connection it may be well to call attention to the fact that 
the bogus coffee, known in Germany as ‘ Kunst Kaffee,” is largely 
imported into this country. That this product is a fraud is evident from 
the fact that it is molded in imitation of genuine coffee and in mixtures 
is sold as such. 
Kornauth | examined chicory and figs, and considers them of consid- 
erable nutritive value for the poorer classes. 
! Rev. Internat. Scient. et. Pop. des Falsifications des Deeivee’s Aliment, 3, 8; Cen- 
tralbl. 1890, 605. 
