RUSSIAN LOAF MENACE

Hawera Star, Volume L, 10 January 1931, Page 9

RUSSIAN LOAF MENACE

X> ITS SI AN wheats dumped in Britain, is being made into bread which is a menace to the health of Britain, according to a Whitehall official, who made some sensational revelations to a •‘Sunday Express” representative.

It 'has been uiscovered, he declared, that wheat has been sent over here which has not matured, or which has been grown on “starved” land, and bread made from such crops causes gastric trouble and skin diseases. “The present season’s supplies from Russia,” he went on, “have not properly matured in some c'ases, owing to the sunless harvest, and in others the crops have germinated. “The bread is, therefore, without nutriment, and poisons the systems of those who eat it.

“The flour is sold more cheaply by the millers, and bakers can produce a greater number of loaves per sack because it retains far more moisture in the mixing process.

Bad Wheat That May Cause Illness

“This means that the amount of dough need for a 4lb loaf is redueefcl by a quarter of a pound, and that the baker can afford to sell a loaf for GJd, as against charged for bread made with nutritious flour.

“But people who buy this kind of bread are getting weight ■without nutriment, bread in which many of the essential qualities have' been destroyed, and with a higher percentage of water in place of food substance.

“In the case of flour made from wheat that has not matured, faking with chemicals has to be resorted to before it can be made into bread. This often leads to skin diseases.” A London wholesale baker stated that the loaf with the ideal flavour is obtained from English wheat grown near the sea. Strength and colour are added by mixing wheat from Manitoba and New Zealand or Australia. “Only flour produced from wheat grown within the Empire,” ho added, “can produce bread that is nourishing.” ‘