(Most, if not all, of these colorants are injurious and should therefore be used with extreme caution.)
Sausage Color.
Cheese Color.
II.—To obtain a handsome yellow color for cheese, such as is demanded for certain sorts, boil together 100 parts of annatto and 75 parts of potassium carbonate in from 1,500 to 2,000 parts of pure water; let it cool, stand it aside for a time, and filter, adding finally from 12 to 15 parts of boracic acid as a preservative. For coloring butter, there is in the trade a mixture of bicarbonate of soda with 12 per cent to 15 per cent of sodium chloride, to which is added from 1 1/2 per cent to 2 per cent of powdered turmeric.
Butter Color.
Infant Foods:
Infants’ (Malted) Food.—
| I.— | Powdered malt | 1 ounce |
|---|---|---|
| Oatmeal (finest ground) | 2 ounces | |
| Sugar of milk | 4 ounces | |
| Baked flour | 1 pound |
Mix thoroughly.
II.—Infantine is a German infant food which is stated to contain egg albumen, 5.5 per cent; fat, 0.08 per cent; water, 4.22 per cent; carbohydrates, 86.58 per cent (of which 54.08 per cent is soluble in water); and ash, 2.81 per cent (consisting of calcium, 10.11 per cent; potassium, 2.64 per cent; sodium, 25.27 per cent; chlorine, 36.65 per cent; sulphuric acid, 3.13 per cent; and phosphoric acid, 18.51 per cent).