Mercur Miner | 1907-10-09 | Page 7 | Pure Food

Pure Food. Tho pure food law does not prohibit tho sale of Cream of Tartar Baking Powders because Cream of Tartar Is is pure ns Alum but It Is a well Known fact that a baking powder In irhlch Alum Is used Instead of Cream of Tartar is less Injurious. Dr. Herman tclnbold, tho export German chemist, m a recent official report concerning linking Powders, declares that a puro Alum baking powder Is better and less njurious than tho so called Cream of Tartar powdors. Ho says that It tho quantity of alum contained In a sufficient suf-ficient quautlty of baking powder for i batch of bread or cakes for an ordl-k ordl-k aary family, bo concentrated to ono If ' mouthful of food, nnd taken Into tho mrf itomach of any ono person, no matter how dcllcnto. It could do no harm.