Maltos-Cannabis was a Swedish hemp seed-based malt beverage "food remedy" with sedative qualities produced beginning around the late 19th century into the early 20th century. [1] [2] The product contained malt and hemp seed fatty extract. [3]
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Produced between 1892 and 1912 in Stockholm by Tekniska Fabriken Röda Korset (Red cross technical factory), [4] [5] the product was widely available in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, [6] and advertised in a number of American publications. [2] [5] [3]
An 1899 pharmaceutical reference book printed in Philadelphia defined the product as a "Swedish nutrient in form of a yellowish-white powder, possessing a taste at first saline, later sweetish, and then acrid and bitter." [7]
