f the starch--from one to six per cent--has been
converted into sugar.

In chemical composition these four foods are very similar to each
other, consisting mainly of unchanged starch which forms from
seventy-five to eighty per cent of their solid constituents.

4. _Miscellaneous Foods._ Under this head may be mentioned Carnrick's
Soluble Food and Eskay's Food.

The composition of the foods mentioned is given in the accompanying
table.

COMPOSITION OF INFANT FOODS

Malted
Nestle's Mellin's Eskay's Milk
Ingredients Food Food Food (Horlick's)
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent

Fat 5.50 0.24 1.16 8.78
Proteins 14.34 11.50 5.82 16.35
Cane Sugar 25.00 ... ... ...
Dextrose ... ... } 53.46[1] ...
Lactose (milk sugar) 6.57 ... } } 49.15[2]
Maltose } 27.36 60.80 ... }
Dextrins } 19.20 14.35 18.80
Carbohydrates (soluble) 58.93 80.00 67.81 67.95
Starch 15.39 ... 21.21 ...
Inorganic Salts 2.03 3.59 1.30 3.86
Water 3.81 4.73 2.70 3.06

Ridge's Imperial Carnrick's
Ingredients Food Granum Food
Per cent Per cent Per cent

Fat 1.11 1.04 7.45
Proteins 11.81 14.00 10.25
Cane Sugar ... ... ...
Dextrose 0.52 0.42 ...
Lactose (milk sugar) ... ...
Maltose ... ...
Dextrins 1.28 1.38 ...
Carbohydrates (soluble) 1.80 1.80 27.08
Starch 76.21 73.54 37.37
Inorganic Salts 0.49 0.39 4.42
Water 8.58 9.23 3.42

[1] Chiefly Lactose.

[2] Largely Maltose.

CHAPTER XX

BABY'S BATH AND TOILET

From earliest girlhood, women have loved their dolls, and