Concentrated Foods

A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a report on food and the interviewee (man, that's an ugly word!) used the term "concentrated food." I think it may have been a cheesemaker. Regardless, since that time, I've been haunted by the concept. The point being made was that cheese is a food that is highly concentrated. I'm a cheese lover, so the concept struck home.

Depending on the type of cheese, making a pound of cheese may require a gallon or more of milk. It drove home the point that milk is mostly water, and just a relatively small amount of solids. The idea is similar with dried fruit, and with many "healthy" snack foods, like pretzels.

The concept related closely to Dr. Pritikin's "Eat wet foods" command, and the concept of volumizing.