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Four condensed milks have been examined. One of
these, No. 48, has very much altered for the worse since the
last four years. Then it was the best in the market; now
it is inferior to many. Of No. 43, it is said upon the label
to contain " a large proportion of its original quantity of
cream." The construction of the sentence depends upon
what the proportion in the original amounts to. Compared
with No. 39, it is of excellent quality. This sample of condensed
milk is made at home, and is really skim-milk condensed
to one-fourth. If diluted with water " for the use
of infants with from 8 to 15 parts," it then has 49 and 71
parts respectively of added water. No. 32 condensed milk
speaks for its excellence in the subjoined analysis, so that
comparisons are easily made:-
No. 32. No. 39. No. 43. No. 48.
Water 20 08 24.34 24.39 24.69
Fat 9.08 0.71 4.71 6.48
Casein 13.00 18.91 14.50 16.20
Ash 2.01 2.37 2.03 2.11
Lactose & Sucrose 55.83 53.67 54.37 50.52
100.00 100.00 100.00 100 00
*Duplicate of Fat 9.02 0.70 4.61 6.48
For infants, when made up according to the label, No.
39 is to have from 8 to 15 parts of water. All can judge of
the value of this sample :—