MILK FOR ADULTS 



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case of milk is more than twice that of most other food sub- 

 stances. For these reasons it is so easy to think of milk as a 

 beverage that few people realize or can appreciate when they 

 are clearly told that milk actually carries more food substance 

 per pound than most of the garden vegetables. See table of 

 composition. 



COMP-AflATIV e FOOD VALUE OF M/LJ( 

 VA fiy/A/Q rA T coA/rrA/F. 

 STARCH eOUIVALEfJT BAS/S 



F£n ce»T 



FAT in MILK^O 



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Fig. 128. — Total food value of milk of various grades. The height of the bare is 

 proportional to the total food value of the milk and the distance from the base line to the 

 dotted line represents the value of a standardized 334 per cent milk. Note that a normal 

 6 per cent milk contains nearly 50 per cent more food than the standard. 



A strict comparison of qualities and values in milk, however, 

 must take into account the fact that milk is an animal product 

 and like meat and eggs, very easily and thoroughly digested, 

 which is not the case with cereals and vegetables. Therefore, 

 correct and fair comparison can be made only between milk and 

 other animal feeds. Furthermore, the comparison should be 

 between milk of a definite grade and meats or other such foods 

 which carry enough fat to make their composition comparable ; 

 or, in other words, they should have approximately the same 



