Sam Brinks graduated from the University of Wisconsin: La Crosse in 2016, and now substitute teaches in districts across southwest Wisconsin. He has been an avid explorer of history since a young age, and is a great addition to any trivia team.
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OBJECT HISTORY: Horlick's Malted Milk
Invented in 1873 by British food manufacturer William Horlick, malted milk is made from wheat and malted barley extract mixed with reduced, dry whole milk.
Horlick's Malted Milk Company
Founded in 1873, under the name āJ & W Horlick Company,ā the Horlickās Malted Milk Company was the creation of brothers William and James Horlick. The company specialized in producing malted milk as a nutritional supplement in a variety of forms: from simple powdered malted milk, to special tablets called ādiastoidsā (after the diastatic enzymes that break starches down into sugar).
The Father of Malted Milk
In 1875, William Horlick convinced his brother James, a chemist at a baby food company in England, to come to Chicago to help with a new product idea. William and James founded the J & W Horlick Company in Chicago.