The term "food" in its broadest signification includes all some interesting passages which I will here quote, That large class of food products, also, which is known as atable secure to a higher degree the excellence of its social In his book on Foods and Their Adulteration, Dr. function. . . . Beverages are those liquid food products which are more sess nutritive properties, but through their condimental char- the joy of living! consideration of the pleasures of the table, as part of Important Definitions and Principles Regarding of these bodies have nutritive properties, although theif which are classed as beverages rather than as foods. All champion of pure food, has in the introductory parts those substances which, when taken into the body build tis- emphasizing by italics those parts which seem pecu- acter promote digestion and by making the food more pal- condiments is properly termed food, since they not only pos- sues, restore waste, furnish heat and energy, and provide ap- United States Department of Agriculture, who has achieved so much popular prominence of late as the chief value is condimental and social. . . . It (food) also includes those bodies of a liquid character liarly pertinent to the present discussion : H. W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, propriate condiments. . . . Food Laid Down by Dr. Wiley.