CONDENSED MILK. 



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Dilution. The directions on the label of sweetened condensed 

 milk are often somewhat misleading. For some purposes e.g., 

 for infant feeding the directions given are to dilute with five 

 or even seven parts of water. Supposing that these dilutions are 

 performed by volume, the composition will be as follows : 



TABLE XCII. 



Coutts, however, points out that it is reasonable to suppose 

 that the dilution will be by teaspoon, which takes up much more 

 condensed milk than water, and gives this table for the com- 

 position of milk diluted thus 



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TABLE XCIII. 



Compared with the average composition of human milk 

 which is 



Fat, 



Sugar, 



3-3 



6-8 



Protein, 



Ash, 



1-3 

 0-2 



we see that there is a serious deficiency of fat, especially in the 

 diluted condensed skim milk, and a great excess of total sugar. 



Pood Value. Riibners has stated that as a food 243 parts of 

 sugar are equal to 1 part of fat. Calculating the value of fat as 



