[247] All cacao preparations, to which albumin is added, require a large amount of cacao butter as the albuminoids largely absorb the fat.

[248] The composition of the preparation must be stated on the wrapper as such terms as “Natur-cacao” and “Natur-chocolate” are liable to lead the purchaser astray.—Editor’s note.

[249] Alfr. Beddies, Ueber Kakaoernährung, Berlin 1897.

[250] Plasmon is an albuminoid preparation from milk, to which a little sodium bicarbonate is added to effect complete solution.

[251] Somatose is a nutritive preparation made from meat and contains the nitrogenous constituents of the muscle flesh exclusively in the form of an easily soluble albumose.

[252] Tropon is a mixture of 2 parts flesh albumin (from muscle flesh and fish) and one part plant albumin.

[253] The preparation must also bear on the wrapper a statement of its composition in order not to mislead the purchaser.

German Text to Fig 5.

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