The story of Pittsburgh: Food products

Food products (Vol. 1, nr. 12)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623587

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241112

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Title:: Food products

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 12

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: [ca. 60] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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REYMER & BROTHERS, INC. “Remember, Everybody Likes Candy.” This is the slogan of the National Confectioners’ Association. And it is also a truism. Perhaps, however, a better truism is: “Remember, Everybody Likes More Candy.” For actual facts, borne out by statistics, are that the consumption of sugar, in the United States, which now leads the world, is constantly onthe in- crease, and a large part of this increase is used in the making of confectionery. As it is the intent of this article to relate what we believe are interesting facts concerning confectionery as a food pro- duct, it will be noted we but briefly comment on the numerous commodities that enter into its manufacture. To do justice would require another article; perhaps several. Neither is it the intention to debate or explain the probable reason for the marvelous increase in the apparent liking for sweets, interest- ‘ng as this might be; sufficient to say that 100 years ago the amount of sugar used per capita in the United States was 10 Ibs. Last year it was over 100 lbs.! And so to what effect the 18th Amendment has had, some say this and some say that, but deponent sayeth not. In 1849, which appears the first year a census was taken of the candy industry, we find the number of manufacturing confectioners in the United States is given as 883—with a capital of $1,036,000 and annual sales of $3,041,000. In 1879 this had increased to 1450 manufactories—with a capital of $8,487,000 and sales of $25,637,000. In 1923 there were over 8500 manufacturing confectioners, this not including many small factories making goods valued at less than $5000 yearly. There are over 70,000 retail confectioneries in the United States and last year’s sales are variously estimated from one- half billion to one billion dollars. And strictly chocolate and ~ocoa are not included. Tt is doubtful if there is any modern industry that has experienced more radical changes during the last 100 years than that of candy making. Prior to 1846 the manufacture of “boiled sweets,” as candy then was called, was largely an English specialty, and it is doubtless a fact that the great International Exhibition in London in 1851, when the unique

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