Show Grapes as New Sugar Substitute I It would seem that almost every every fruit but the lemon has been con consid considered considered sid ered as a a since the sugar shortage has become a problem But few substitutes have been even usable The question of obtaining sweetenIng sweetening sweeten sweeten- ing jug substances from plants and fruits has naturally been studied by scientists selen- selen lUsts The Tile Italian government through its experiment station at Asti AsU has been experimenting with honey of grapes which is produced by a spa spa- special special cial process and a patented apparatus discovered by a Professor ProCessor Monti says Popular Science Monthly The rhe substance is 3 oe grape sugar resembling re re- re- re honey boney It is obtained through evaporation and as it contains no water it docs does not change in quality 1 even if conserved for a long period This is a great advantage over other sugars It is especially useful in the preparation of jellies and preserved fruits as well as in the tIle manufacture of ot fruit syrups for nonalcoholic bevera beverages bev bev- era At Astl AsU only a small model of Pro Pro- fessor Montis Monti's apparatus is employed but a concentration of 55 65 per cent is obtained from grape liquor which at atthe atthe atthe the beginning has Ilas only 16 per cent of sugar i in solution |