The Addition of Small Amounts of Defatted Fish Flour to Milled Wheat Flour, Corn Meal and Rice

Abstract

A study was made of the influence of additions of small amounts of defatted fish flour to the proteins in milled wheat flour, white corn meal, and polished rice. The enormous gains in body weight and protein efficiency obtained were far superior to those secured in the past with dried non-fat milk solids, dried butter-milk, defatted soybean flour, brewers' yeast, cultured food yeasts, and peanut meal. Such results may prove of material assistance in combating protein deficiency diseases such as kwashiorkor, which is prevalent among infants and young children in Asia, Africa, and Latin American countries. Such applications of these findings with laboratory animals should be explored by suitable clinical trials.