"We should note that there are 12 starch factories in Palma, the majority located on the outskirts of the capital. There are another three in Inca.
Factories dedicated to making noodles and other pastas for soup are more numerous than starch factories. There are 17 in Palma, 3 in Inca and one in Manacor. They make up to four types of different common noodles, four varieties of thin noodles and a fifth of very thin noodles called fideuí, in addition to four types of pasta for soup, another four varieties of semolina, four types of macaroni and other types of diverse pasta.
In terms of chocolate factories, there are 3 in Palma and another in Sóller. Both have machinery pulled by animals. Usually, they have two mules to alternate work in 12-hour shifts. One or two men are enough to direct this work, which produces 40-50 kg per day. Mallorcan chocolate is well-reputed in all of Spain. A company from Mallorca received a price at the fair in Vienna. This chocolate is especially ideal for cooking, without rival even amongst the best French and Swiss examples.
One industry which has gained in increasing importance on the island is the manufacture of both hard and soft soap.
Preparing canned food and liquors is very important in Palma, much more for the quantity and value of the products than the number of factories, only six, all of them in the city. In general, they prepare syrupy sweets, all types of canned goods, predominantly fruit, and various liquors by means of distilling and refining aguardiente in stills.
There are three small pastry and waxwork factories in Palma, 1 in Algaida, 1 in Llucmajor, 1 in Sóller, 1 in Binissalem, 1 in Campanet, 1 in Pollença, 1 in Sa Pobla, 1 in Sineu, 3 in Inca, 2 in Artà, 1 in Felanitx and 3 in Manacor, with a total of 75 workers."
Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria. Las Baleares por la palabra y el grabado. Majorca: General Part. Ed. Sa Nostra, Caja de Baleares. Palma de Mallorca. 1982.
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