Evaluation of Infants Fed Soybean and Evaporated Milk Formulae from Birth to Three Months

Abstract

The use of soybean preparations in human nutrition has received much attention in the past 50 years. In 1909, Ruhräh¹ suggested the use of a soybean gruel or milk as a valuable addition to the diet of the sick infant. More recently, however, this legume has had its principal use as a food for allergic infants.^2-9 The successful growth and reproduction of animals fed a soybean base formula was reported separately by Daniels and Nichols¹⁰ and by Osborne and Mendel¹¹ in 1917. Howard and co-workers¹² have reported the support of reproduction and lactation in several generations of animals fed a soybean infant food (Mull-Soy, Powdered). In 1929, Tso¹³ fed newborn infants a soybean mixture until they were between 6 and 9 months of age. One was started at birth and five at a few weeks of age. The weight curves on these infants followed