Referee’s Report I submit herewith my report on certain foods offered by the Kellogg Food Company for the use of diabetics. I shall discuss these products from the standpoint of the claims made on the label, from the standpoint of the company toward nonmedical treatment as revealed in a letter to a layman, and lastly, on the basis of the claims made for the foods in the company’s literature. CLAIMS MADE ON THE LABEL PURE GLUTEN BISCUIT Referee Company Water 8.30 5-10 Ash 2.04 1-2 Protein (N × 5.7) 73.87 75-80 Fiber 0.12 2.4-3 Carbohydrates 14.84 0-5 Fat 0.81 0.25-0.70 Starch 4.02 0-5 The sample analyzed does not contain the amount of protein claimed for it. It also contains more starch than one might suspect from the company’s analysis. A more conservative claim would be “starch less than 5 per cent.” The company makes the error of using the terms “starch” and “carbohydrates” as synonymous. If the maximum figures of the company’s analysis are used, the carbohydrates would amount to 5 per cent., whereas I find 14.84 per cent. The claim on the label “Guaranteed to contain less than 5 per cent. of carbohydrates” is incorrect. The next claim, “Each ounce of this gluten contains 23 grams of protein and represents 95 calories” is approximately correct, as my analysis shows 20.9 grams of protein and 103 calories. The following remarks under “Vegetable Proteins” are in my judgment exaggerated: “Leading authorities are now agreed that meat, fish, eggs and other animal proteins are greatly inferior to vegetable proteins in diabetes, often increasing the sugar output and the dangerous acidosis which leads to diabetic coma.... After many years of experimentation, we have succeeded in perfecting a process whereby the carbohydrates are excluded.” In this connection, von Noorden, whom the company constantly quotes, says: “In the slighter forms (of diabetes), the influence of meat albumins is not great and it is difficult to demonstrate the reaction of the patient to different forms of albumin. It may be necessary to add more albumin than the patient can actually take before glycosuria indication is reacted.... Once a medium amount of albumin is exceeded, say 70 to 80 grams, the glycosuria increases, no matter what the type of albumin is.” My analysis also shows that the carbohydrates are not excluded from this food as claimed above.