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Part 2, product descriptions, includes: Soy Bean Flour
(14 oz or 5 lb tin with screw top), Soy Gluten Biscuit (in
carton), Soy Gluten Bread (12 oz tin), Battle Creek Soy
Beans (Baked, with tomato sauce, 11 oz can).
Many photos show each of the products and the huge
Battle Creek Sanitarium. Address: Battle Creek, Michigan.
79. Good Health (Battle Creek, Michigan). 1934. Have you
lost your protective germs? 69(3):20-21. March.
• Summary: “Many adults are suffering seriously because
they have lost their protective germs and so are defenseless
against the germs of putrefaction and infection which are
being constantly introduced in the air and in certain foods,
such as fresh meat, fi sh, oysters, etc., which are fairly
alive with harmful germs. In such cases, as in the case of
the infant, a new implantation of the protective germs is
necessary. The remedy employed for the infant is of course
not available for the adults. A thoroughly effi cient means of
recovering lost acidophilus is available through the fortunate
discovery of soy acidophilus milk, a highly active culture of
the acidophilus, by the use of which it is possible to restore
the friendly germs in any case in which it is possible to
restore the friendly germs in any case in which they have
been lost or have become so nearly extinct that they no
longer serve as effi cient means against invading bacteria.”
“The new culture is prepared from milk made from the
soybean, a product little known in this country, but which
has been in use in China for many thousands of years, and in
South China completely takes the place of cow’s milk, which
the average Chinaman has never tasted.
“When placed in soybean milk, the acidophilus germ
grows with great vigor and develops rapidly, and in a few
hours produces a highly palatable, slightly acid product
closely resembling buttermilk both in appearance and taste.
Its food value is greater than that of buttermilk and it has the
advantage that the acid-forming germs, which contain many
millions in every teaspoon, are able to live and thrive in the
intestine, while the germs of ordinary buttermilk die almost
immediately after being swallowed into the stomach.”
80. Lin, F.C. 1934. A soybean digest medium for diagnostic
work. Chinese Medical Journal 48(6):571-76. June. [4 ref.
Eng]
• Summary: These media, soybean digest broths in plain
and sugar free forms, are made by coagulating soymilk
with concentrated hydrochloric acid and pepsin scales. In
the sugar free broth the milk is fermented with B. coli, with
potassium dibasic phosphate added. They can replace the
more expensive meat infusion in routine work, and may
also be employed for the preservation of stock cultures. The
various ingredients are inexpensive and readily available
locally. The disadvantage is the same as with all digest
media in that its nutritive contents tend to fl uctuate with
various batches prepared at different times. Address: Dep.
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of Bacteriology and Immunology, Peiping Union Medical
College, Peiping.
81. Young’s Market Co. 1934. Theradophilus (Ad). Los
Angeles Times. 1934. Aug. 10. p. A7. Aug. 10. p. A7.
• Summary: “An acidophilus, soy bean milk, not a medicine,
but a basic, corrective food that does wonders for the system;
regular size $1.25; introductory size 75¢.”
Note: This item (in larger bold letters) is at the top of
the ad, which includes many other non-soy grocery items.
Address: Wholesalers, retailers, hotel purveyors, 1610 West
Seventh St. [Los Angeles]. Phone: DRexel 4141.
82. Product Name: Theradophilus (A Pure Culture of
Acidophilus Grown in Soy Bean Milk).
Manufacturer’s Name: Therapy Ltd.
Manufacturer’s Address: Pasadena, California.
Date of Introduction: 1934. August.
New Product–Documentation: Los Angeles Times. 1934.
Aug. 10. p. A7. Ad by Young’s Market Co. (Los Angeles):
“Theradophilus. An acidophilus, soy bean milk, not a
medicine, but a basic, corrective food that does wonders for
the system; regular size $1.25; introductory size 75¢.”
House of Better Living Catalog. 1938. March. p. 19. “...
for changing the intestinal fl ora, thereby ridding the system
of toxic conditions. Week’s supply, $1.25.”
Frances Sheridan Goulart. 1975. Bum Steers. p. 193.
Theradophilus is now sold by Dynamic Nutritional Products,
P.O. Box 528, North Hollywood, California 91603.
83. Castagnol, E.M. 1934. Étude sur la fabrication du lait
de soja [Study on the production of soymilk]. Bulletin
Economique de l’Indochine (Hanoi) 37:982-94. Sept/Oct.
[Fre]
• Summary: About milk fermenting or spoiling. Address:
Ingenieur Agronome, Chef de la Division de Chemie de la
Section Nord, Institut des Recherches Agronomiques de
l’Indochine.
84. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1934. Method of making
acidophilus milk [from soybean milk]. U.S. Patent
1,982,994. Dec. 4. 2 p. Application fi led 14 June 1933. [1
ref]
• Summary: An “acidophilus milk” or “buttermilk” type
product was prepared by inoculating sterilized soybean
milk with Bacillus acidophilus and culturing the milk at
about 100ºF. About 2% lactose may be added to the milk.
The “culture count in soy acidophilus milk far exceeds the
count in cow acidophilus milk. Old cultures are rejuvenated
immediately. The organism is thicker and grouped in longer
strings. Persons who are sensitized against cow’s milk may
employ soy acidophilus milk without experiencing allergic
symptoms. In cases of acute colitis, especially in children,
when cow’s milk must be avoided, soy acidophilus milk is of