Detection of the Common Food AdulterantsBruce, Edwin M.
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Detection of the Common Food Adulterants
Bruce, Edwin M.
Food adulteration and inspection
Cane sugar in honey, 49
Canned and bottled vegetables, 24
Adulterations of, 24
Alum in pickles, 31
Coal-tar colors, 29
Cochineal, 29
Coloring matter, 29
Copper salts in green pickles, beans, peas, etc., 30
Turmeric in mixed pickles, 30
Examination of can or box, 31
Heavy metals other than copper (see under meats), 11
Preservatives, 25
Benzoic acid, 27
Formaldehyde, 25
Saccharin, 26
Salicylic acid, 26
Sulfurous acid, 26
Soaked vegetables, peas, beans, and corn, 30
Caramel in fruit and fruit products, 36
in milk, 1
in vanilla extract, 47
in vinegar, 58
Catechu in tea, 68
Cayenne pepper in black pepper, 54
in mustard, 53
Cereal products, 16
Chicory in coffee, 66
Citral in lemon extract, 42
Citric acid in lemon extract, 43
Coal-tar colors in butter, 5
in canned vegetables, 29
in fruit and fruit products, 35
in lemon extract, 45
in milk, 2
in vinegar, 58
Cochineal carmine in canned vegetables, 29
in fruit and fruit products, 35
in meat, 13
Coffee, 65
Adulterations of, 65
Chicory, 66
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