216 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Milk from which a large portion of water has been evaporated. It should 

 have not less than 10 per cent fat, and be free from preservatives. Some 

 brands have sugar added. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



Watery element evaporated. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Used to be evaporated, skimmed milk to which 40 per cent cane sugar had 

 been added. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



Milk from which a large part of its water has been removed. Many brands 

 have cane sugar added. Much condensed milk is made from skim milk. 

 (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



Milk which has been subject to artificial heat and by our ordinance shall 

 contain not less than 25 per cent of milk solids, and 28 per cent of these solids 

 shall be butter fat free from all preservatives, coloring matter, or foreign 

 substances. This is the definition of condensed milk that we operate under. 

 (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



Evaporation in a vacuum, with enormous quantity of sugar added. (Health 

 officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Milk which has been reduced in bulk and consistency by the removal of con- 

 siderable portion of its water by evaporation and should satisfy some standard 

 of fat and nonfat solid content. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



Raw milk with the water evaporated, and otherwise prepared. ( Sharon -Dairy, 

 District of Columbia.) 



Condensed milk is milk which has had part of its water removed, and to 

 which cane sugar has been added. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, 

 N. Y.) 



Condensed milk, with or without the addition of sugar. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Whole or partially skimmed milk condensed in vacuo with addition of about 

 40 per cent of cane fAigar. The sugar prevents decompositions, as germs are 

 not necessarily destroyed. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



See city ordinance, section 13. [Appendix G.] (Health officer Los Angeles, 

 Cal.) 



Condensed milk is milk from which most of the water is evaporated under 

 a vacuum. It may have sugar added to it in different quantities or not. If 

 not, it is generally called evaporated milk. It is heated to very high tempera- 

 tures above boiling point. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, 

 D. C.) 



Evaporated and sterilized. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



What it is, and what it should be, are in some cases, very different. What 

 it is in every instance is hard to answer. I think what it should be is simply 

 milk from which most of the water has been evaporated at a temperature 

 below 150 F. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



Condensed milk is skim milk or milk enriched by the addition of cream and 

 condensed to about one-third of its original bulk. It is sometimes prepared 

 without added sugar, most often with the addition of cane sugar, to act as 

 a preservative. When diluted in the manner necessary for the feeding of 

 infants, it is woefully deficient in fats (this applies to all varieties). It is 

 more expensive than the market milks. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.) 



Is milk from which a considerable portion of water has been evaporated. 

 (Health officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 14. Is it as nutritious as raw milkf 



ANSWERS. 



It is almost impossible to make a comparison between the nutritive value of 

 condensed milk and ordinary milk, as the composition of the condensed milk 

 varies, especially when sugar is added. (Chief Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Yes. (Surgeon General U. S. Army.) 



No. (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



Condensed milk in the United States is usually low in fat content, and ex- 

 cessively rich in sugar. If properly diluted, the best grades of condensed milk 

 ought to contain the same nutriment as the original milk from which it was 

 made, plus or minus whatever is added or removed when finally put up in 

 packages. This, however, does not imply the same food value as the original 

 milk. (Surgeon General Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.) 



