Radio Malt was an early to mid-20th century brand of malt extract preparation that followed the Minadex trend. [1] Produced by British Drug Houses, it contained vitamin A, aneurine hydrochloride, riboflavin, and calciferol. [2] The contents were sickly sweet, with a consistency between molasses and treacle. It is much loved by George Molesworth ("Molesworth 2"), brother of the classic schoolboy character Nigel Molesworth. [3]
Radio Malt was being sold in the UK by the mid-1920s [4] and was studied at this time as a treatment for rickets. [5] In India it was trademarked in 1942. [6]
A favourite of film producer and politician David Puttnam, [7] Radio Malt was often used in English boarding schools in an attempt to change skinny young girls into prettier roundness [8] and given to post–World War II children to give them more bulk. [9]
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