DEHYDRATED FOODS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 July 1942, Page 2

DEHYDRATED FOODS

INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION WANTED London, July 27. A strong appeal to the responsible authorities and all interested countries to arrange for a full and immediate interchange of information regarding dehydration of meat was made bv Mr Neville Wright. New Zealand scientific liaison officer, at a meeting of the Nutrition Society to discuss dehycJcated foods. Mr Wright said: “In these-criti-cal days there at last appears tfc be widespread realisation that space is the key war factor, trari&ending every other factor in importance Anything which can be done to ecttQom. ise shipping and weight space win be major contributions to the war effort It had been definitely dried meat was an attractive product of whi>h the nutritive value was excellent. Four times the amount of dried compressed meat ran be carried in the same soace as carcase meat There was some difficulties in the transition from the laboratory stage to commercial production. for which Mr Wright appealed tor the pooling of information. He hoped Britain would show outstanding leadership and would use dehvdration as ‘‘a weapon for victory boldly and confidently with a sense of the emergency which the situation demands ” Dishes from dried meat, fish potatoes, carrots and cabbage were screed to the delegates at lunch time A notable feature was the excellent taste of the food —P.A. Special Correspondent.