82 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9IO. 



CONDENSED AND EVAPORATED MILK. 



The sale of this class of goods is very extensive in Maine and 

 the leading brands have been collected and analyzed with the 

 results shown in the followng table. The terms "condensed" 

 and "evaporated" are used in this state to mean sweetened and 

 unsweetened respectively, and the standards require each to con- 

 tains twenty-eight (28) percent, of milk solids of which not less 

 than twenty-seven and five-tenths (27.5) percent, is milk fat. 



Two of the evaporated milks ran about one percent, low on 

 solids, although the fat was up to standard. These cases are 

 being investigated. Only 3 of the brands were guaranteed as 

 to weight and one of these, '^No. 8806, guaranteed to contain 6 

 ounces, net, ran a trifle under. The difference, however, was 

 so slight that no account was made of it. 



In the case of No. 8860, besides being below standard in milk 

 solids, the can was not full and in consequence the contents was 

 badly churned. This is a grave fault in a can of condensed or 

 evaporated milk, as often times it is taken on long journeys, and 

 the cans should be full enough to insure against churning. 



From the standpoint of the consumer, the most interesting 

 figures are those giving the net weight. The price paid for 

 most of the cans was ten cents each. The average net weight 

 of the sweetened milk purchased for that price was 12.4 ounces, 

 or 1.24 cents per ounce. Using this as a basis, it will be seen 

 that in purchasing Numbers 8797 and 8861 only nine cents worth 

 of milk was received, whereas in Number 8807 there was ten' 

 and three-quarters cents worth. Number 8832, costing eleven 

 cents, contained eleven cents worth of milk. Number 8858, cost- 

 ing eighteen cents, contained not quite thirteen cents worth. 

 The unsweetened brands varied much more than the others, two 

 of the brands sold for ten cents, containing over four ounces 

 more than the two others sold for the same price. The two five- 

 cent cans contained about half the weight found in the ten-cent 

 size. In the cases of those brands which were lowest in net 

 weight according to the price paid, the analysis did. not indicate 

 that the lack in quantity was made up by better quality. 



