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Ketchup is free from animal ingredients, no notice
can be taken of such an article, but it is quite proper
to know something more of its nature. Common saltplays
a most important part in all of them, amounting
to as much as 7 per cent. None of them contained
any metallic or animal impurities.
Four Butters and four Lards were found free from
adulteration. One of the Butters (51) bad evidently
been exposed to alternations of temperature, as some
portions were crystalline and bleached. Nevertheless
the density brought it well into the class of Butters.
The same fact, viz., freedom from adulteration,
applies to eight Breads. But I must say that a
practised eye would not have been satisfied with the
appearance of Nos. 45 and 46, especially of the latter.
The Milks analyzed were 21 in number. Four
of these were adulterated with water, and one was
skimmed. Several were more than suspicious.
Partly owing to the weather and the fodder, many of
the Milks were poor in cream, but no amount of rain
will account for the diminution of solids notfat. All
the most recent information upon the subject of Milk,
makes it clear that the standard agreed upon amongst
Analysts, is entirely in favour of the Vendor. If we