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Detection of the Common Food Adulterants

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Detection of the Common Food Adulterants

Edwin M. Bruce

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Annatto, caramel, and coal tar colors: your milk might contain any of them. Bruce's manual teaches detection of the common food adulterants, starting with dairy products and the artificial coloring matter dyed into them, starch and gelatin included. Chemistry in defense of the dinner table, test by test. Examine the groceries the way 1900 had to.

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187 chapters

  1. 1Detection of the Common Food Adulterants
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4CHAPTER I DAIRY PRODUCTS
  5. 5MILK
  6. 6ARTIFICIAL COLORING MATTER
  7. 7Annatto
  8. 8Caramel
  9. 9Coal Tar Colors
  10. 10Starch
  11. 11Gelatin
  12. 12PRESERVATIVES
  13. 13Formaldehyde
  14. 14Boric Acid
  15. 15Salicylic Acid
  16. 16BUTTER
  17. 17COLORING MATTER
  18. 18Annatto

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