This section is from the book "Food And Feeding In Health And Disease", by Chalmers Watson. Also available from Amazon: Food and Feeding in Health and Disease.
Fat. | |||||||
Soluble. | starch. | Ash. | |||||
A. STARCH LITTLE ALTERED. | |||||||
T. & T. Food .... | 5.5 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 80.5 | 1.4 | Mainly starch. | |
Nicholl's Food of Health.. | 11.9 | 7.7 | 1.7 | ... | 76.9 | 1.7 | " |
Triticumina .... | 8.6 | 12.5 | 2.2 | ... | 75.7 | 1.0 | " |
Worth's Perfect Food.. | 2.4 | 11.1 | 2.0 | ... | 83.5 | 0.5 | |
B. STARCH PARTLY CONVERTED. | |||||||
Allenbury's No. 3 Food ... | 3.0 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 22.2 | 62.9 | 0.6 | Partly malted wheaten flour. |
Chiltine's Infant Food.. | 7.2 | 16.2 | 3.9 | .. | 71.0 | 1.8 | Contains much starch. |
Coomb's Malted Food .. | 7.9 | I2.I | 2.8 | .. | 76.8 | 0.4 | Contains much starch. Said to be completely converted during mixing. |
Hovis Babies' Food, No. 2.. | 2.4 | 57 | 0.1 | ... | 90.1 | 1.7 | Starch 7.5 per cent. |
John Bull, No. 2 ... | 1.6 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 37.6 | 43.3 | 1.7 | |
Kufeke's Infant Food ... | 8.3 | 13.2 | 1.6 | 237 | 50.7 | 2.2 | |
Moseley's Food.. | 10.8 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 21.7 | 49.0 | 1.7 | Complete conversion during mixing. |
Horlick's food, Hovis babies' food, No. 1, are examples of completely malted foods.
Of foods which are completely malted or nearly so, the best are Mellin's, Horlick's, Paget's malted farina, Chiltine maltose food, Diastascd farina, Hovis babies' food, No. 1. The composition of these is given in the following table: -
Water. | Protein. | Fat. | Carbohydrates. | Ash. | ||
Soluble. | Starch. | |||||
Chiltine Maltose Food... | 4.6 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 87.6 | .. | 2.2 |
Diastased Farina.. | 8.3 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 81.7 | .. | I.I |
Horlick's Malted Food.. | 9.7 | 10.4 | 0.3 | 76.8 | 2.2 | .. |
Hovis Babies' Food, No. I.. | 37 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 86.6 | .. • | 1.8 |
Mellin's Food (maker's analysis).. | 5.6 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 59.6 | ... | 5.6 |
 
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