3-075-033 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Peptonized Cocoa and Milk, 1890. '"EXCELLENT - OF GREAT VALUE." Lancet, June 15, 1889. GOLD MEDALS 1884, 1886. DELICIOUS FLAVOUR. MOST NUTRITIOUS. REQUIRING NO DIGESTIVE EFFORT. Tins 1s. 6d. & 2s. 6d OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. FOR INVALIDS. DELICATE CHILDREN - AND ALL OF WEAK DIGESTION - CONCENTRATED PEPTONIZED COCOA AND MILK (Patent). SAVORY & MOORE, LONDON'. Nutritional product designed as a restorative food for infants and invalids, which used peptonization to predigest the cocoa and milk, making them easier to absorb. The term 'peptonized' here refers to the process of breaking down - ie digesting or dissolving - by a proteolytic enzyme. Savory & Moore's product was supposedly endorsed by "The Lancet", a peer-reviewed general medical journal. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.