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NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CEREAL PREPARATIONS. mee} 
The same is likewise true of other grains. For instance, the 
composition of different samples of the same variety of corn 
grown upon the same field during the same season has been 
found to vary according to differences in the amounts of nitrog- 
enous fertilizer applied on different parts of the field. The 
uniformity in the composition of the corn products noted above 
may therefore be regarded as accidental. 
Such facts as these show that little reliance can be placed 
upon the analyses printed upon the packages of some brands, 
unless the analysis was made of a sample of the goods actually 
enclosed in the package, which would not always be practica- 
ble. Of course it is just as possible that the analysis may be 
too low as that it may be too high; the only criticism intended 
here is that the purchaser should not place too much reliance 
upon the figures printed upon the package, though they may 
serve as a general indication. 
It appears, then, that different prepared cereal products from 
the same grain show relatively small differences in composition 
when average figures are considered. It is interesting to com- 
pare them also with other common food products from the same 
grains. Such a comparison is afforded by the figures in the fol- 
lowing table: 
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Average composition of various cereal food products. 













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Beli | Ph lope ee 
(©) * 
Rewct Sei, || Isr ey EXE Le: Cals. 
Oatmeal, - 5 “ 2 = 1Ont vhs liga 66.9 4.438 
Oat, preparations, - 2 - MOET sha oe 66.5 45423 
Wheat flour (graham), 2 = 13.3 ore 1.9 71.4 312075 
Wheat flour (entire), - : - we ae 1.9 .9 TOA 3.990 
Wheat, preparations, - 3 Z 121 iy ts 1.4 (ies: A 2032 
Corn meal, unbolted, - 3 2 8.4 Ate, Lay 74.0 4.030 
Corn meal, bolted, - - - ORF) E26 1.0 Vliveh B50 7g 
Corn, preparations, - 2 2 8.6 .6 25 79.5 3.894 
Rice, decorticated, - : = 8.0 20 25 FeO 3.884 
Rice, polished, - = erent Rie a3 A. One 3.788 
Rice, preparations, - “ - 8.3 52 4 80.9 3,907 
Barley, pearled, - = : 4 8.5 Lay Ae Ulgheae 3.863 
Barley, preparations, - = = 10.6 8 Tee 7320 4.003 


* Includes crude fiber of preceding column. 
