FAKING THE PEOPLE'S FOOD

NZ Truth, Issue 568, 6 May 1916, Page 3

FAKING THE PEOPLE'S FOOD

The prosecutions undertaken by the Health authorities m varions parts of Australasia, show that aniline dyes, a mineral product distilled from, coal tar, are responsible -for ttoe appetising looks of much of th© food served up to customers m the shilling- restaurants and eighteenpenny eating-houses. Instead of being produced by eggs, the rich yellow of the cake is made from chemical dye, waranted harmless unless taken in -big quantities. In soups and custards the same kind of treachery prevails, and the poor gourmet who eschews plain steak and onions to glut his maw an delicacies is m reality filling himself up on false pretences. Usually the boarding - houses and restaurants are the best customers of tne : coloring . fakir, but occasionally the natty little housewife who wishes to coax poor hubby's jaded, appetite patronises the dye fraud. When everything is put together, is It any wonder that the average years a man live fall far short of those of his cook or his wife. .■;■; '■;. ... ■ ' ■ ■.. . ■ ,