Show science sweetens future sponges in bour our candy washington maybe your postwar candy bar will sound different it may contain starch sponges which are very crispy and crunchy dont worry though a starch sponge any relation to the porous swab you use to wash your car its something stowed stewed up in a test tube at the department of agrical tures northern regional research laboratory at peoria ill by a lady scientist named Ma majel majela jelM M mcmasters its made of corn and department officials are pretty enthus enthusiastic las about its possibility as a food project T swarm swann harding editor of the departments house organ usda gave the world its first notice that science is beating field corn into candy bars for the snack trade in its dry state he reported rep reported oried the ground or shredded sponge because of its crispiness imparts crunchiness to confections confect ions or crackle like wafers shredded dry sponge also ha has s properties similar to shredded coconut or chopped nut meats when finely ground the material shows promise as a stabilizer in chocolate coatings and icings making it involves a lot of proc esses the r result e sult is an extremely porous material with very high calorific value harding says and you know crunchy commercial candy makers are definitely interested |