Serene-y the Meanie > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> Acording to an article in USA Today, the motive was the
>> melamine passes for protein in the customer's testing.

>I can't parse this sentence. Help?

The customers test the batches of gluten for protein content.
Because melamine is a cheap nitrogen-containing substance
of about the right molecular weight, and the testing is not
that specific, it boosts the result of the test.

So the belief is the melamine was deliberately added to boost
profits.

Steve