Food signifies sustenance. Beverages stimulate principally. The refreshment they afford may have purpose in adult life when those are used that neither excite nor depress. Such effects injure health. The nutritive value of food-substances needs to be estimated for foods as consumed. Beverages contain much water. This diminishes the proportions of their constituents. Since only the liquid is used, only what is soluble in water is consumed. Protein in tea is insoluble.

Tea - Coffee - Cocoa - Chocolate As Produced

Protein

% IN

Fiber

Sugar

Fat

Ash

Tannin

Theine

(Insoluble)

37.33

Tea (original)

10.44

4.97

12.91

3.3

37.43

Tea (green)

10.06

4.92

10.64

3.2

38.9

Tea (black)

10.07

4.93

4.89

3.3

Water

Tannin and

Caffeine

11.23

12.07

Coffee (raw)

.66

12.27

3.92

1.21

1.15

13.98

Coffee (roasted)

8.55

14.48

4.75

1.24

Starch

Theobromine

3.

12.

Cocoa (nibs)

2.5

27.5

50.

3.5

.5

I.

Cocoa

5.02

32.52

4.2

-

3.09

Chocolate

2.63

49.81

3.08

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Beverages As Used (1 Pint Water To Be Added To Quantities Indicated)

Water

Protein

% IN

Carbohydrates (sugar, sugar-fiber)

Fat

Tannin

Caffeine

99.5

.2

Tea (1/2 oz).

.6

(See statement,

P. 55)

98.9

.2

Coffee (1 oz).

.7

99.5

.2

Cereal (1/2 oz).

1.4

(No tannin nor caffeine)

99.5

.2

Parched corn (1.6 oz).

.5

99.7

•3

Oatmeal water (1 oz.) Cocoa (1/2 oz).

.3

97.1

.6

With water

1.1

.9

84.5

3.8

With milk

6.

4.7

90.5

3.4

Milk (skimmed)

5.1

.3

(Arranged from Snyder's "Human Foods")