COSMETICS FROM FRUIT STONES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 157, 19 September 1941, Page 2

COSMETICS FROM FRUIT STONES

AND UPHOLSTERY FROM NEW ZEALAND PIG S HAIR

A. use for the apricot, peach and cherry stones thrown away at New Zealand's fruit canning fifctovics is suggested by the Imperial Institute, London. The factories have been put in touch with manufacturing chemists in England, who can use the kernels for making fixed and ■■Sscnt-ial oils, similar to those obtained from almond kernels, and worth from 3s fld to 10s (id per lb. The fixed oils are used in the manu-

facture of cosmetics, in pharmaceutical preparations, ancl for culinary purposes, and" the essential oils l'or pcf'umery a 11 d l'or flavouring in confectionery. The lie-mels can also be used as a substitute in making almond paste and for macaroons. Australian fruit kernels now being shipped a-e fetching 80s per cwt (civ apricots and 55s for peaches. When the kernel is taken away, the shcUs can be used for charcoal to produce activated carbon. The Imperial Institute has also

given advice about the use of hair from New Zealand pigs, worth from S6s to 46s per cwt. The hair can be used in furniture and automobile upholstery, for insulation and as a building material. Ready purchases of both these products have been found by the Institute, whose- work it is to advise Empire producers on the economic value of raw materials. During the past year, the Institute's P'ant and Animal Products Department made reports on 212 samples and dealt with 1(565 other inquiries from thirty-three Empire countries, while the Mineral Resources Department examined 1884 samples and dealt with 1715 inquiries.