FOOD VALID OK SOFT DRINKS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 342, 9 March 1922, Page 5

FOOD VALID OK SOFT DRINKS.

Professor L 15 Ally n. American food chemist, lias been lecturing on the nutritive value of soft drinks. He declares that soft d) inks have, on the average, about q C ent. of carbohydrate matter in form of sugars and various extractives, and iu some "cases soluble protein. Approaching the mailer from a different angle, h“ pointed out that an Boz. bottle of soft, drink carries about 87 calories, or about the amount contained in an average restaurant portion of sliced banana; 8 1 caloties i> declared to be. no small matter, and there are plenty of foods which, pound for pound, do not show a proportion more than that. Furthermore, soft drinks- have other uses than the furnishing of heat units to the body. Many of them carry no inconsiderable amounts of organic or fruit acids such as citric, tartaric, malic, phosphoric, etc., all ot which are utilised by the body in maintaining what is known as the acid alkali balance. Alost fruit acids form alkaline bases in the body, thus lending to relieve acid conditions. Those drinkcarrying pure flavouring materials perform an important function as flavour, though its coudimentai effects acts as a gentle appetiser and tends to promote a more thorough and easy digestion of food. Soli, drinks of the bitter or bitter-sweet varieties, almost without exception, exhibit mild tonic properties ami induce a sense ot mvigoration or well-being. I'.ven the carbon dioxide, with which all sparkling beverages are charged, is not. without its iititriltvo significance. Reasonable quantities of carbonated beverages exert a tonic effect upon ibe mucous lining ot the stomach, and in addition have slight diuretic action. They relieve thirst more readily than plain water of corresponding temperature. Place vonr orders for soft drinks with Dixon’s Ltd. Kil/herberi, street. Palmerston North. -Advt.