immense quantities of cherries from the United States and
France, Oregon has now quite an industry in preserved strawberries.
 While France furnished the original glaced fruits,
California is rapidly forging ahead.
The motto of the National Confectioners’ Association,
founded in 1884, is: “To advance the standard of confectionery
 in all practicable ways and absolutely to prevent
adulteration.” A large amount of the remedial legislation has
been passed by the various States and by the United States,
but the high standard set by the leading confectioners has
doubtless eliminated the manufacture and sale of candy containing
 harmful ingredients and poisonous coloring matter.
[t is possibly due to this fact that the confidence of the consumer
 in the purity of the products of well known manufacturers
 has led to the large increase in the eating of candy.
The principal ingredients of candy are sugar, chocolate,
cream, butter, cocoanut, nut meats and glaced fruits. Sugar
is a highly concentrated food and easily digested. Experiments
 show that 98.99, of its total energy is available to the
body. It hasa food value of 1810 calories. With the exception
of prepared cocoanut, chocolate is highest in food value, being
2860 calories per Ib. Nut meats will average 1500 calories.
The food value of milk is well known. The calories in various
kinds of confectionery are thus calculated :—chocolates with
nut centers 2498; cream chocolates 2092; sugar coated almonds
 2410; caramels 2500; marshmallows 1787; gum arabic
drops 1685; fudge 1687. These figures compare more than
favorably with:—eggs 695; beefsteak 1090; rice 1620; white
bread 1180. The food value of candy was signally recognized
during the World War when confectioners were placed on the
essential list of industries by the United States and candy was
one of the commissary supplies of the Allied Armies.
In final reference, however, to purity it should be noted
that quality is also very important and it is well to recognize
the fact that in candy as in other things it most often pays to
“pay a little more” and get not only “a little better” but a
great deal better in quality as well as purity.
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