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The Canadian Government in 1902 made a test of various foods, in which Grape-Nuts was shown to have over sixteen times the amount of digestible food as the least one tested, and about two-thirds more than the next best food made, and nearly double the energy-producing power of any other food known.
Extract from report of government officials at Ottawa, Can., shows the following analysis of Grape-Nuts:—
| Moisture, | 9.43% |
| Fat, | 0.58% |
| Ash, | 1.64% |
| Proteids (nitrogen x 6.25) | 12.00% |
| Crude fibre, | 2.03% |
| Dextrin, | 24.87% |
| Starch by difference, | 49.45% |
Total |
100.00% |
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| Calories per gramme, 3968.9% | |
| Material soluble in cold water 49.5% |
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Grape-Nuts excels other food in the following respects: It has less moisture, less fat and less starch; it has more dextrin and is more soluble than any other food.
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