Food Adulteration and Its Detection. Jesse P. Battershall
First Young Hyson, Regular Moyune.
Variety. | Uncoloured Japan, Choicest, First Picking. | Coloured Japan, Good Medium First Picking. | Coloured Japan, Good Medium, Third Picking | Japan Dust | |
Coloured, Fine. | Uncoloured, Common. | ||||
c. | c. | c. | c. | c. | |
Price per lb. (wholesale). | 30 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 |
p.c. | p.c. | p.c. | p.c. | p.c. | |
Total ash | 5·44 | 6·06 | 6·50 | 9·74 | 6·66 |
Ash soluble in water. | 3·46 | 2·84 | 2·90 | 1·48 | 2·78 |
Ash insoluble in water. | 1·98 | 3·22 | 3·60 | 8·26 | 3·88 |
Ash insoluble in acids. | 0·46 | 0·78 | 0·96 | 3·90 | 1·46 |
Extract | 39·20 | 36·40 | 33·40 | 31·80 | 32·80 |
Insoluble leaf | 56·85 | 57·10 | 59·90 | 61·45 | 60·05 |
Tannin | 21·92 | 18·27 | 17·35 | 15·66 | 17·74 |
Theine | 1·54 | 1·66 | 0·74 | 0·82 | 2·43 |
The following analyses of several kinds of spurious tea, received from the U.S. Consuls at Canton and Nagasaki (Japan), have been made by the author:—
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | |
per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | |
Total ash | 8·62 | 8·90 | 7·95 | 12·58 |
Ash insoluble in water | 7·98 | 6·04 | 4·95 | 8·74 |
Ash soluble in water | 0·64 | 1·86 | 3·00 | 3·84 |
Ash insoluble in acid | 3·92 | 3·18 | 1·88 | 6·60 |
Extract | 7·73 | 14·00 | 12·76 | 22·10 |
Gum | 10·67 | 7·30 |
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