. Cocoa and chocolate; a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate. THE HOUSE OF WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. 57 on cocoa may be beneficial, yet to the masses such uncontrolled drug- ging may be followed by serious consequences. Pure cocoa is so rich in good dietetic properties that to interfere with the normal proportions of the food principles is to notably decrease its nutritive ; A high authority on cocoa has recently said : "A pure cocoa un- changed by destructive chemicals is the best cocoa. There is no more need for introducing alkalies into cocoa than t
. Cocoa and chocolate; a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate. THE HOUSE OF WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. 57 on cocoa may be beneficial, yet to the masses such uncontrolled drug- ging may be followed by serious consequences. Pure cocoa is so rich in good dietetic properties that to interfere with the normal proportions of the food principles is to notably decrease its nutritive ; A high authority on cocoa has recently said : "A pure cocoa un- changed by destructive chemicals is the best cocoa. There is no more need for introducing alkalies into cocoa than there is into cracked wheat or oat- ; The simple process by which the natives of Central and South America prepared a nutritious beverage from the seeds of the cocoa tree has already been described. We will now refer briefly to the modern method of manufacture as carried on in the Walter Baker estab- lishment, in which the latest and most improved machinery and appliances are used to improve the quality and cheapen the cost of production. The selected cocoa beans are first cleaned from the dust and at- tached particles which have come from various sources during the fermentation of the seeds. The machines for cleaning the beans are very ingenious and effective, removing from the seed coat every trace of foreign matter. The cleaned seeds are next roasted in the most careful manner,. PRIVATE OFFICE, MILL NO. 4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walter Baker & Company; Bugbee, James M. (James McKellar), 1837-1913. Dorchester, Mass. , Walter Baker & Co. , limited
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