ARTIFICIAL BUTTER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1737, 11 January 1888, Page 3

ARTIFICIAL BUTTER

j Ou <ha agitation of Gorman farmers, i I bili U to bo introduced into tbe Reichstag I having for ita obj-cb the imposition o an excise duty on artificial batter, because the consumption of this commodity whioh is about one half ths price of rea butter, is steadily increasing, and i : threatens to beoome a serious rival ol i the natural product, and thus injura tb« . fat mew, At the present moment, fifteer , thousand tons of artificial butter are maaufactured yearly m (ierraany, and the whole of this is consumed at home. Oaf of the largest factories is that of Messrt Barman and Co., of Barlin, where artificial butter is nude according to the prooesi of Me'^e and Maurlea. The best fat It freed from tbe indigestible stearine, then mixed with about twenty-five per cent oi milk, a small quantity of best olive oil and a small quantity of real butter, The materials are heated and kneaded by iteam power, then solidified by means ol a jot of water, whloh is oooled by an ioe machine, then pressed to remove the milk and water, and finally salted and packed ready for the market. Chemical analysis shows that artificial batter is almost Identical with the nataral produot. It contains ninety per oent of fat, seven per 08 at of water, three per cent of salt, and caselne.—" Farmiog World " (Scotland.)