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Malt Extract
It contains 50% or more of maltose, together with dextrin,
glucose, and small amounts of other carbohydrates, and pro-
tein. It is prepared from mailed grain of barley (Hordeum dis-
tichon or H. vulgare) or a mixture of this with not more than
33% of malted grain of wheat (Triticum aestivum or turgi-
dum).
Malt extract has nutritive properties. It is chiefly used as a
vehicle in preparations containing cod-liver oil and
halibut-liver oil . It is a useful flavouring agent for
masking bitter tastes.
A product known as malt soup extract, obtained from barley
grains, and containing 73'7<- maltose together with 12% other
polymeric carbohydrates as well as small amounts of pro-
teins. electrolytes, and vitamins, is sometimes used as a laxa-
tive.
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