Radio Malt

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]

See also

• Extract of malt