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IT is natural that the restriction of imports, and the changes in our dietetic habits that this has necessitated, should quicken our interest in the efficient production of food in Great Britain. In a few quarters, notably the immediate vicinity of the Ministry of Food, it is maintained that there is not now, and is not likely to be in the later stages of the War, a food shortage. Fortunately for the country most scientific workers concerned with nutrition or agriculture do not share this complacent attitude. Their interest was clearly shown at the discussion organized on February 11 by the Nutrition Panel of the Food Group of the Society of Chemical Industry. The papers read dealt mainly with carotene and other lipoids; there was discussion on this subject and on a project that had been circulated beforehand dealing with the large-scale isolation of protein from leaves for the feeding of people and other non-ruminants.
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N. W. Pirie, "The Direct Use of Leaf Protein in Human Nutrition", Chem. and Ind., 61, 45 (1942).
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PIRIE, N. GREEN LEAVES AS A SOURCE OF PROTEINS AND OTHER NUTRIENTS. Nature 149, 251 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149251a0
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