Tiki-Tiki Drops, to ease your Beri-Beri pains - General Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Jul 2, 2007 2:05 PM Has anyone seen this vitamin supplement product, which is currently marketed in the Phillipines for infants 0 to 12 months old? It is advertised as having a great fruity flavor. No word, though, on whether it tastes like a mai-tai. http://www.kabayancentral.com/food/tikitiki.html I did a little bit of a background on this. Previous to the early 1900's, infants in the Phillipines and other island nations suffered from a disease called Beri-Beri. (the term is derived from a native phrase which means 'I cannot, I cannot') Beri-beri is a form of Vitamin B1 (Thaiamine) deficiency, common in areas where polished rice serves as a staple food source. Researchers in the Phillipines found a good source to counter the disease in the rice bran husks, which the people had been previously discarding. The resulting extract evolved to the current product name Tiki-tiki. The following is a description of the process used to make tiki-tiki, from a 1912 Bureau of Science document. I wonder if this may be the earliest reference that links the terms 'tiki' with 'alcohol' The process mainly involves extraction of tiki-tiki with alcohol, followed by distillation and evaporation until the desired specific gravity of the extract has been obtained. The final product is further heated and pasteurized for 3 successive days and then packed for distribution to the local market Oddly enough, Beri-Beri is also common today in chronic alcoholics with inadequete diets. The disease also affected some of the WW2 POWs who were serving time on the Phillipine Islands. Vern

Has anyone seen this vitamin supplement product, which is currently marketed in the Phillipines for infants 0 to 12 months old?

It is advertised as having a great fruity flavor. No word, though, on whether it tastes like a mai-tai.

http://www.kabayancentral.com/food/tikitiki.html

I did a little bit of a background on this.

Previous to the early 1900's, infants in the Phillipines and other island nations suffered from a disease called Beri-Beri. (the term is derived from a native phrase which means 'I cannot, I cannot') Beri-beri is a form of Vitamin B1 (Thaiamine) deficiency, common in areas where polished rice serves as a staple food source. Researchers in the Phillipines found a good source to counter the disease in the rice bran husks, which the people had been previously discarding. The resulting extract evolved to the current product name Tiki-tiki.

The following is a description of the process used to make tiki-tiki, from a 1912 Bureau of Science document. I wonder if this may be the earliest reference that links the terms 'tiki' with 'alcohol'

The process mainly involves extraction of tiki-tiki with alcohol, followed by distillation and evaporation until the desired specific gravity of the extract has been obtained. The final product is further heated and pasteurized for 3 successive days and then packed for distribution to the local market

Oddly enough, Beri-Beri is also common today in chronic alcoholics with inadequete diets. The disease also affected some of the WW2 POWs who were serving time on the Phillipine Islands.

Vern