Ezra D. Wannafeller leaves money to Doolittle from his investment in predigested cheese.
The cheese trust actually means predigested cheese! It was a very common food in Europe. You add enzymes to the food to partially "predigest" it before it gets to the human body to enhance the flavor and the value of it.
predigested - artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action
"The principle of predigesting foods with natural substances to enhance its nutritional value (conserving the life enzyme bank account in our jargon) is not the sole cultural heritage of people of the Far East. Yogurt was the prime predigested food of ancient India. Cheeses were the pre-digested foods of early Europeans. They prepared their cheese to enhance its nutritional value and for specific taste goals by treating it with specific bacterial enzymes."
http://chestofbooks.com/health/nutrition/Dietetics-Rules/Chapter-VIII-Predigestion-Of-Foods.html
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