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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2038, 1 February 1922, Page 7

FOOD VALUE OF SOFT DRINKS Professor L. B. Allyn, American food chemist, has been lecturing on the nutritive value of soft drinks. He declares that soft drinks have, on the average, about 9 per cent, of carbohydrate matter in form of sugars and various extractives, and in some cases soluble protein. Approaching the matter from a different angle, he pointed out that an 8-oz. bottle of soft drink carries about 87 calories, or about the amount contained in an average restaurant portion of sliced banana: S 7 calories is declared (o 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 frui{, acids such as citric, tartaric, malic, phosphoric, etc., all of which are utilised by the body in maintaining what is known as the acid alkali balance. Most fruit acids form alkaline bases in the body, thus tending to relieve acid conditions. Those drinks carrying pure flavouring materials perform an important function as flavour, though its condimental effect acts as a gentle appetiser and tends to promote a more thorough and easy digestion of food. Soft drinks of the bitter or bitter-sweet varieties, almost without exception, exhibit mild tonic properties and induce a sense of invigoration or well-being. Even the carbon dioxide, with which all sparkling beverages are charged, is not without its nutritive significance. Reasonable quantities of carbonated beverages exert a tonic effect upon the mucous lining of the stomach, and in addition have slight diuretic action. They relieve thirst more readily than plain water of corresponding temperature. Place your orders for soft drinks with Dixon’s Ltd., Fitzhcrbert Street, Palmerston North.*

HAVE YOU A LARGE HERD? Or have you just enough cows to keep you busy without help? In either case, there’s a “Dorno” Separator to suit you. You wild get years of service from the Dome. Details from Cooper and Duncan, Ltd., Domo Guarantors, Christchurch. Local agents, Manson and Barr, Ltd., Rangitikel Street,*