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Rice-Flour, Bread Adulterated With

It is asserted that this adulteration is very frequently practised. The purpose for which rice-flour is employed is to enable the bread to absorb and retain a larger quantity of water than it would otherwise do, and so cause it to weigh more. This iniquitous purpose is accomplished through the absorbent power of rice for water. In a loaf adulterated with rice-flour the consumer is cheated of a certain amount of nutritious wheat farina, the place of which is supplied by water.