on many food factory doors! There was a time when “practical men” mistrusted the findings of the scientist in the laboratory. Gone are those days, long since.
Now the entertaining of guests and the proud display of factory perfection are a notable feature of such an institution as the Postum Cereal Company’s plant at Battle Creek, Michigan. An air of homelike hospitality pervades the place. In a kitchen, trained workers test out the usability of the products, and scientists with laboratories well equipped for chemical and biological work check up on every point of production, from the standard quality of the incoming raw material to the composition of the finished product.
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ProductsNot content with this, careful animal-feeding observations are made, as well as analyses, to determine Health just what food values are being produced. At the same Products time ceaseless research work goes on, looking to constant improvement of the products. A glance at the following table shows the food values of the Post Health Products.
| Name of Product | Protein per cent | Fat per cent | Carbohydrate per cent | Fibre per cent | Ash per cent | Water per cent |
| Post’s Bran Flakes | 11.8 | 1.6 | 74.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| Grape-Nuts | 11.9 | 0.6 | 82.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Post Toasties | 8.1 | 0.4 | 85.1 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Postum Cereal | 12.9 | 2.4 | 63.5 | 10.7 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Instant Postum | 7.9 | 0.2 | 81.5 | 00.0 | 8.0 | 2.4 |
| Post’s Bran Chocolate | 8.1 | 25.8 | 60.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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