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The Food Value of Honey (Fig Seven Ounces of Honey)

Fig. 2-Seven Ounces of Honey is Equal in Food Value to 12 Ounces Round Beefsteak, 5.6 Ounces Cream Cheese or 812½ Ounces Walnuts 17 Figure 3 shows that 8 oranges supply an amount of food equal to 7 ounces of honey.

The following table shows the amount of the various items required to supply food value equal to 7 ounces of honey, according to the above mentioned authority.

Honey Cream cheese Eggs Round beefsteak Boneless codfish Oranges Bananas Walnuts 7 ounces 5.6 ounces 10 12 ounces 15 ounces 8 5 812 ounces The above items are in general use, and few if any of them are regarded as luxuries. By reference to the above table it will be seen that as far as actual value is concerned, honey is one of the cheapest of the ready-prepared foods. Only such raw products as potatoes, corn meal, beans, etc., which must be prepared for the table after purchase, are cheaper in food value, at current prices, than is honey.

Fig. 3-7 Ounces Honey, 5 Bananas and 8 Oranges-Honey is One of the Cheapest Foods in the Market for Actual Nutritive Value...