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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 14, 17 January 1913, Page 5

HOW THE PUBLIC IS IMPOSED UPON. Some daylight has been let into the methods of manufacturers of cheap cordials by an authority on the sub- | ject. Instead of pare fruit or vegetable colors, it seems that artificial coloring agents, such as cochineal, carmine, aniline dyes, and indigo are used. Artificial sweetenings, such as saccharine, molasses, glucose, cheap ; No. 3 grade sugar, are employed in- ; stead of good sugar, while preservaI tives such as pyroligneous acids. { methylated spirits, saltpetre, etc.. are ! used to prevent putrefaction. ' Ini stead of pure fruit juices and fruit ; extracts, chemically-prepared essences ; are employed, resulting in drinks j more or less prejudicial to health, j One firm guaranteeing not to use } any of the above-mentioned prepara-1 •toons, compounds, or derivatives is » Thomson and Co., of Dunedin, who ; bold certificates from two London ' &n *]y£t(^S}T ■ V&rt™ A. Cameron I and E. Godwin Clayton—testifying to . the purity of their drinks. Therefore, when buying limejuice cordkl raspberry vinegar, ginger wm&, or 1 carbonated waters, demand Tbom- ' son s. They are sold in Blenheim.— Advt. i ' mIiPK? -thmV^ he hest of others -1 TAN-OL is THE floor polish. On sale