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(d) FOODS OTHER THAN MILK. 



We have homemade and imported varieties and diluents of this class. 



1. The homemade foods of the Philippine Islands are considerable in 

 number; for the greater part they consist of starch and sugar mixtures. 

 Some of these, which are more or less peculiar to the country, may be 

 mentioned. The rice stick which was referred to above, if it were care- 

 fully made and not fed to children too early in life would compare favor- 

 ably in value with some of the other starch and sugar preparations which 

 sell for high prices. 



Coconut milk is used in the Philippines to a limited extent as a food 

 for infants. No literature on the subject is to be found here, but the 

 habit of using it is certainly peculiar to people of the Tropics. The com- 

 position of this substance varies much with the age of the coconut from 

 which it comes. Walker 4 notes some of its peculiarities and gives a 

 few analyses, which however were not made with a view of determining 

 its nutritional value as an infant food. This question should be carefully 

 investigated, for coconuts are everywhere present in the Philippine 

 Islands and it is very probable that a valuable enzymic diluent or even 

 food may be found in them. The country contains many fruits which 

 should contain substances much needed in those food mixtures which are 

 sterilized, and which therefore are free from enzymes. 



2. Imported foods other than mill- are not as yet used to the same 

 extent as they are in many other countries, but there are several varieties 

 on the market, some of these are good in the sense that they are honestly 

 made. Analyses not made in this Laboratory of a few which are used 

 in greatest quantity in Manila will be found in the following table : 



Table No. 13. — Showing analyses of imported foods other than milk. 



Name. 



Analyst. 



Moist- 

 ure. 



Fat. 



Proteids. 



Soluble 

 carbohy- 

 drates. 



Insoluble 

 carbohy- 

 drates. 



Ash. 



Allenbury's food No. 1 



Allenburv's food No. 2 



Chapin___ 

 do - 



5.70 

 3.90 

 2.55 

 2.18 

 4.72 

 5.69 

 6.04 

 8.12 

 10.92 



9.41 

 3.25 



14.00 

 12.30 



1.41 

 4.' 45 

 .30 

 2.18 

 .72 

 .48 

 .89 



.41 

 5.41 



9.70 

 9.20 

 14.00 

 10.72 

 10.10 

 16.60 

 13.77 

 13.83 

 6.98 



7.46 

 14.04 



66.85 

 72.10 

 63.87 

 43.84 

 82.06 

 38.21 

 3.94 

 5.02 





3.75 



3.50 



3.57 



1.60 



3.50 



2.78 



.49 



.53 



.86 



.94 

 2.99 





Horlicks malted milk 



Nestles milk food 



do.... 



__ do ___ 



15.68 

 * 35. 34 



Mellins food 



do. _ 



Carmicks soluble food 



Imperial granum 



Ridges food _. 



do.... 



do.... 



do — 



38. 54 

 67.46 

 69.24 

 80.35 



78. 66 

 31 



Health Food Companies bar- 

 ley. 



Robinson's patent barley 



Bordens' malted milk 



do__._ 



do— . 



Holt 



2.91 

 74 



'Starch. 



4 This Journal (100(i) 1. 58. 



