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Report on Soft Drinks.
The Food Standards Committee issued a Report on Soft Drinks,
early in the year, but it has not yet been implemented by a
Regulation. The Committee recommend that soft drinks should be
sweetened entirely by sugar and that artificial sweeteners, such as
saccharin should be prohibited. They also recommend that
manufacturers should be obliged to state the quantity of fruit juice
present in drinks reputed to contain it, and finally they recommend
that no soft drink contains sufficient carbohydrate to justify any
claims relating to energy value. Other minor suggestions are put
forward, but the three mentioned above are those which are likely
to be discussed before its implementation.
Milk Bread.
In October the Food Standards Committee issued a report on
the composition of milk bread in which they stated that the
Committee were divided on what should be contained in milk bread
and by what description a loaf containing separated milk solids
should be known. The majority view of the Committee vas that
bread containing not less than per cent of milk solids not fat
should be sold as milk bread. The Committee generally were of the
opinion that the presence of milk fat does not greatly affect the
nutritive value of bread, so that the consumer is not prejudiced
by the use of separated milk powder.
I am, Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
THOMAS McLACHLAN, A.C.G.F.C.,F.R.I.C.,M.I.Biol.
Public Analyst.