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The microscopy of vegetable foods (1906)

Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 529

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, in the caseof fire-dried varieties, with a smoky flavor. The adulterants of pepper are probably more numerous and variedthan those of any other food product, not excepting coffee. They includelinseed meal, buckwheat hulls, nutshells (cocoanut, walnut, almond,hazelnut, etc.)^ mustard hulls,… … exhausted spices,—in fact any waste material with a not too pro-nounced flavor that can be easily reduced to a powder. It is a commonpractice to mix light- and dark-colored adulterants in order to betterimitate the color of the genuine product, and also toadd a little cayenne pepper to give…

Food adulteration and inspection · Plant anatomy · Microscopy

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