BEEF FOR ENGLAND

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 308, 21 May 1941, Page 5

BEEF FOR ENGLAND

MAY 60 IN CONCENTRATED FORM All the beef needed to feed England in an emergency could be flown from Australia by a few flying boats in. a just-discovered concentrated form. Lieut-Colonel Herbert WatlcinsPitoliford, Government bacteriologist has developed a process 1 , of extracting all the; nutritive and stimulative properties' in beef and other foods, according to The Times. The development enables the transport of the food content of j 51,600 carcases of beef in ships: nor- | mally having refrigerating space for j only 6000 carcases. It is claimed that it would now | be practicable to transport to Bri-! tain all the principals contained in beef by air. A flying boat with, a capacity ot three tons and a half could convey all the nutriment present in 121 carcases of an average dressed weight of 5601b. Twelve flying boats daily could transport in h year all' the nutriment of 500,000 carcases. Tliisi concentrated process is introducable to a wide range of foods Vvithout appreciably affecting flavour, odour or appearance. These foods include Army rations, biscuits, invalid foods, cocoa, chocolate, coffee, malt, wine, stout beef tea andi cereals. The nutritional value amounts, to 601b in a dressed carcase of 5601b. It occupies one-twentieth of the space and amounts to less than oneninth of the weight of beef shipped in the form of dressed quarters. The concentrated process has an additional value because the food is p re-digested. Delays in transit would not alTect the concentrate, which is easily storable. It is suggested that it will be valuably for building up reserves for distribution at the end of the war to the ill-nourished populations under German domination