MEAL BREAD.

Southland Times, Issue 998, 5 August 1868, Page 3

MEAL BREAD.

Under this heading ah excellent' letter' in the ' Times,' by Mr Madden, retired surgeon, Bengrl Army, calls attention to Baron Liebig's remarks on the great saving in nutritive , matter tp .be .% effected I in bread making by the use of whole meal in .place- of fine, flour-, and the substitution of fermentation by the action upon each other, of hydrochloric acid and bicarbonate of soda mixed with the flour. This is a subject which certainly demands greater and more careful attention than it is receiving. If, indeed, it be possible to make bread equally nutritious in a cheaper way than that at present practised, every means should be adopted to insure its general introduction. Wholemeal bread and unfermented bread have already a limited sale in London, it is true, but they have made no approach to being the food of the people of this country. We, * British Medical Journal,' afe not aware, however, that up to the present these breads have been offered to the English public at an essentially cheaper rate than fine white fermented bread, as they ought to be ; and until they have been they have not had a fair trial as to whether they are a real improvement npon the bread at present in use.- We hope soon to return to this matter, affecting so deeply the health of our population.