FRUIT BUTTER. 



97 



have an extensive sale. Of the three samples examined, one was 

 peach and the other two apple, and only one of these (No. 20160) is, in 

 the strict interpretation of the term, a fruit butter. In the manufacture 

 of this product as ordinarily produced outside of the factory, the juice 

 is concentrated and then boiled with sufficient amount of the fruit to 

 give it the desired consistency. The product should be tart in flavor 

 and thick, but not jelly-like, in consistency. No. 20141 is a peach-butter 

 compound, said to contain 50 per cent peach. .30 per cent glucose, and 

 20 per cent cane sugar. Only a small amount of cane sugar was found, 

 and it is possible that that originally present might have been nearly 

 completely inverted, since these goods are usually boiled for a con- 

 siderable length of time. No. 20160 contained but a very small amount 

 of cane sugar, which might have been normally present in the apple; 

 and the composition of this sample shows it to be t^^pical of this class 

 of fruit products. No. 20237 contains glucose, and the high polar- 

 izations indicate that no cane sugar had been added in the process of 

 manufacture. 



Table 41. — Description of j nut hatter. 



Serial 



nam- Manufactiirer 



ber. 



From whom fiurchased 



Claims of manufacturer. 



Fruit butter. 



20141 



Williams Bros, tt Charbon- 



Henry Barge. New York 



Peach-butter compound: 50 





neau, Detroit. 





percent peach, 30 per cent 

 glucose, 20 percent granti- 

 lated sugar. 



20160 



H.J. HeinzCo., Pittsburg. Pa. 



do 



Heinz's apple butter. Key- 

 stone brand. 



20237 



West Virsrinia Preserving 



Park ct Tilford. New York 



Fort Henry brand, apple 





Co.. Wheeling. 





btttter. 



Table 42. — Cnuinosition of fruit huftf 



Polarization. 



Serial 



n;im- 



bt-r. 



r)./>.(ription. 



■/: — 



-X , 



'£:^' I Preservi 

 J:"" ' live. 



20141 Peaehbutter 43.12 1.12?' 0.89+33.2+32.0 19-0.680 



20100 Apple butter (in stone jar). 47.91 .703 .75—12.0—13.0 20 .448 0.350 Benzoi( 



I ^ acid. 



20237 Apple butter' 37.55 .463 . 30 +54. 4 +54. ol 21j .176 ' 0.441 Do. 



»See correspondence with manufacturers, p. 102. 



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