Abstract

Summary.The effect of mild heat treatment on the nutritional value of a diet composed to correspond to the average composition of the diet of the Finnish people has been investigated. The test diet was dried and then kept at 140° C for 30—40 minutes. Rats were used as test animals.The heated diet caused a total cessation of the growth of the rats. The growth was restored by the addition of casein or lysin. Leucine, methionine, histidine, vitamin B12 and sucrose were without effect.

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