PURE AND IMPURE FOOD. 



" What a Man Eats He IsP 

 Edited by C. F. Langworthy, Ph.D. 

 Author of "On Citraconic, Itaconic and Mesaconic Acids," "Fish as Food," etc. 



PREPARATION ANP> FOOD VALUE OF 

 CONDENSED MILK. 



I find Recreation's Pure Food depart- 

 ment exceedingly interesting and instruc- 

 tive. So far, olive oil and condensed milk, 

 both important articles of food, especially 

 to persons suffering with pulmonary 

 diseases, have not been discussed in these 

 columns. 



I believe an account of the methods of 

 preparing these articles would meet with a 

 hearty welcome from many of your read- 

 ers. 



I have used Borden's condensed milk 

 since seeing it advertised in Recreation, 

 and find it far more convenient and re- 

 liable in the South than fresh milk. 



But questions like these arise : Does it 

 come from clean and healthy cows? Is it 

 not contaminated by foul barns or milk 

 houses? Is the canning of it properly con- 

 ducted, or is it managed like some fish 

 and tomato canneries we know of, a 

 sight or smell of which is quite sufficient 

 to cure anyone of further taste for goods 

 therein handled? What your readers want 

 is the truth about this matter, as they got 

 it about the Marlin rifles. 



If this is asking too much of Recrea- 

 tion, I can only say that Recreation has 

 taught us to expect. great things of it. 

 W. G. Jenmson, Chiply, Fla. 



Condensed milk is prepared from fresh 

 milk by evaporating the water present, 

 sugar being- added as a preservative. 

 Evaporated milk is prepared in much the 

 same way, except that less water is driven 

 off and sugar is not added. The composi- 

 tion of milk, condensed milk (sweetened), 

 and evaporated milk (unsweetened) fol- 

 lows : 



Percentage composition of milk is : 

 Water 87 ; protein, 3.3 ; fat 4 ; carbohy- 

 drates 5 ; ash 7. Its fuel value is 325 

 calories a pound. 



Condensed milk (sweetened) : Water 

 26.9; protein 8.8; fat 8.3; carbohydrates 

 54.1; ash 1.90. Fuel value 1,520 calories 

 a pound. 



Evaporated milk (unsweetened) : Water 

 68.2; protein 9.6; fat 9.3; carbohydrates 

 11.2; ash 1.7. Fuel value 780 calories a 

 pound. 



It will be seen that in proportion to its 

 bulk condensed milk is much more nutri- 

 tious than fresh milk. As ordinarily used 

 it is diluted with water until it resembles 

 more or less closely the original milk from 



which it was made, except that it is 

 sweeter. Like all milk it is a valuable 

 food containing protein for building and 

 repairing body tissue, and furnishing energy 

 for internal and external work. When fed 

 to infants, condensed milk should always 

 be diluted ; after the second month barley 

 gruel should be added to the diluted milk. 



Condensed milk and evaporated milk are 

 sterilized in the process of manufacture, 

 and if properly made are much less liable 

 to communicate bacteria to man than fresh 

 milk. Of course if condensed milk is not 

 properly handled after the can is opened 

 it may become contaminated. I have no 

 personal knowledge of the methods of man- 

 ufacture followed by the firm referred to. 

 It is probable that all reputable manufac- 

 turers exercise proper precautions in pre- 

 paring their goods. Appended is a letter 

 from the Borden Co. — Editor. 



New York City, July 1, 1901. 

 All the modern sanitary and hygienic 

 rules and regulations governing the pro- 

 duction and handling of milk in every 

 form were originated by this company over 

 40 years ago, and improved from time to 

 time as experience presented the oppor- 

 tunity. The regulations of boards of 

 health, and the demands of physicians 

 when reasonable, we have studied to profit 

 wherever possible. Our product is indorsed 

 by the leading physicians of this country 

 whose specialty is tVe feeding of children. 

 They do not indorse the Eagle Brand with- 

 out careful investigation of the matter. 

 We also refer you to the fact that we have 

 taken the highest award at every exhibit, 

 which award covers not only the finished 

 product, but the methods used. 



Borden's Condensed Milk Co., 



THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION. 



The report of the Commissary-General 

 to the Secretary of War, which has recently 

 been issued, contains much interesting in- 

 formation regarding the food of the United 

 States troops on the relief expedition to 

 Pekin during the recent Chinese war. One 

 of the officers says : 



"It is borne in on the campaigner that 

 the eatables and drinkables, if not the most 

 important, are at least the -most continu- 

 ously insistent of the indispensables. Of 

 these there was an ample supply at Tien- 

 tsin from the time of the arrival there of 

 the first American troops, and they includ- 

 ed not only the ordinary components of the 

 ration, but most of the delicacies classed as 



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