The Grocer’s Encyclopedia

Artemas Ward’s Encyclopedia of Foods and Beverages — New York, 1911

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DESICCATED MILK

Evaporated milk finely powdered.

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2026 Editor's Note: Six words for a product that would go on to feed a great deal of the world. Powdered milk keeps for years without refrigeration and weighs a fraction of the liquid, which made it central to famine relief, wartime rations and school feeding programmes — and, more controversially, to infant formula marketing in countries without safe water. (Ed: BR 2026-06-05)

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