KEPT ALIVE BY HORLICK'S MALTED MILK! Warren F. B. Gardner, age 4, posing with empty jars of Horlick's Malted Milk, Meriden, Connecticut, October 17, 1913. click to enlarge

 

 

 

HORLICKS MILKOSE BABY FOOD, 1950-1952.
1975.59.22.
An Infant Food

Before coming to America in 1873, James Horlick worked for London pharmacist Gustav Mellin, who had developed an infant food made of wheat flour and malt. Mellin's Food, which was mixed with both water and milk, became popular on both sides of the Atlantic.

Although malted milk eventually became most popular as an ingredient in milk shakes and confections, the company did not totally abandon the infant food market.

MELLIN'S FOOD FOR INFANTS AND
INVALIDS, 1900-1910.
1969.302.9.1&2.

 

 

 

 

 

MELLIN'S FOOD FOR INFANTS AND
INVALIDS, 1900-1910.
1969.302.9.1&2.