VEGETABLE MILK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1116, 1 July 1913, Page 4

VEGETABLE MILK.

A substitute for cows’ milk has been discovered, and although it is not likely to have any effect upon the butter market, it is not improbable that in course of time it may effect the supplies of new milk in large cities. The new kind of milk is simply an extract from the Soya bean. The invention has been introduced simultaneously in France and Germany. The parts of the plant are crushed mechanically, then triturated chemically and reduced to a lactescent substance which costs much less than cows’ milk and takes its place perfectly. It is said that an excellent cheese can be made from this milk. Soya beans are well known now in the Dominion, having been introduced by the Agricultural Department, but China and Japan are the countries where the bean is principally grown. The further development of the manufacture of vegetable milk will be of interest to New Zealanders.

VEGETABLE MEAT. ’ A Belgian chemist, M. Effront, has discovered a palatable and nutritions substitute for meat, and makes it out of the waste from breweries. The refuse malt from breweries is washed and compressed. It is then placed in a bath of sulphuric acid, to which a prescribed quantity of chalk has been added. There are later processes, which at present are kept secret, and a substance is produced which the inventor calls “Vlandine.” It is said to be, in some respect, superior to common beef and much cheaper. The scientific chemist is going to reduce the cost of living.