OYSTER CONCENTRATE SHIPMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 15

OYSTER CONCENTRATE SHIPMENT

The'first shipment of oyster concen- ! trate will leave Bluff in a few days for England, a firm of brewers having placed an order for it for the purpose of making oyster stout. It is hoped that this will be the first of regular shipments to England and other parts of :-cne world, states an Invercargill correspondent . A company, which has a factory at Bluff, is handling the manufacture and marketing of the product. The idea of combining oysters with stout occurred to the factory manager as a result of the use of stout with oysters in their raw state. In co-opera-tion, with the company, he carried out experiments for two years before the concentrate was considered to be in the best marketable form. Oyster concentrate was first produced as a powder and later a liquid form was evolved. The firm of British brewers which has obtained a contract for a steady supply of concentrate has also been experimenting for the last eighteen months to perfect a combination of stout and concentrate, and the resultant product has been analysed and tested in London iby competent authorities to prove that it is free from all harmful bacteria. The medicinal value of oyster stout has also met with support from Harley Street medical men. A capital of £3,000,000 is behind the firm of British brewers who intend marketing the product. The firm intends spending a minimum of £ 20,000 in initial publicity for the product in Britain. The stout will be marketed from August onward. Arrangements have been made for a : display at the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand. The concentrate, when mixed, with stout, is , equal to one oyster per glass.