Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1918 — New Seed Oils Will Supply Valuable Food, Tests Made By Government Have Proved [ARTICLE]

New Seed Oils Will Supply Valuable Food, Tests Made By Government Have Proved

In experiments to determine the digestibility of oils made from corn, soy beans, sunflower seeds, Japanese mustard seed, rape seed, and charlock seed —oils not now commonly in use—the United States department of agriculture found that they are well assimilated, and in value compare favorably with other vegetable oils. These digestion experiments, reported in Bulletin 687 published by the department, are a part of the series which is being conducted by the department to determine the digestibility of various foods. During the test period (three days) in which the oils referred to constituted practically the entire sources ofefat, the subjects ate on an average of 58 to 90 grams per day, and did not report any ill effects. To judge by their digestibility these oils, according to the bulletin, should prove satisfactory sources of fat for the dietary.