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(1) Condensed whole milk, sweetened with cane sugar
(3 samples);
(2) Condensed whole milk, unsweetened (1 sample);
(3) Condensed machine-skimmed milk, sweetened with
cane sugar (2 samples).
Each sample was specially examined for the presence of
preservatives, but in no case were such found to be
present.
The results of the analyses are given in the form of
Tables I. and II., shewing the analytical composition of the
samples, together with the weight of the contents of each
tin, the price per tin and the specific gravity of the milk
at 15.5 degrees C. (Table I.) and the calculated composition
of dilutions for infants, prepared by measure according to the
directions given on the various labels, together, for comparison,
the average composition of cows' milk and human
milk and also the compositions of the dilutions recommended
for cooking and general purposes (Table II.)
It is to be noted that no specific instructions are given
by the manufacturers as to how the condensed milks are
to be diluted with water, e.g., by weight or by measure—a
very important difference. The general method adopted in
household practice is by measure, and that method has,
consequently, been adopted in Table II., such method giving
a dilution richer in milk Constituents than would have
been the case had the method adopted been that by weight.
Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899 (Sections
I. and II.), all condensed, separated, or skimmed milk imported
into this country, and all such milk sold or exposed
for sale, must bear a label on which the words "machineskimmed
milk " or " skimmed milk," as the case may