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Freeze Drying became popular
during the 1950s, freeze-drying was used for a variety of products, including ready-to-eat camping food. It was important for NASA to make food suitable for astronauts, and freeze-drying proved to be a valuable tool in the space food preparation process. -
Breakthrough of Biotechnology (Fermentation)
The breakthrough that laid the groundwork for modern biotechnology came when the structure of DNA was discovered in the early 1950s. To understand how this insight eventually led to biotech therapies, it's helpful to have a basic understanding of DNA's central role in health and disease. -
Hamburger Helper is produced
The packaged pasta brand "Hamburger Helper" was introduced by General Mills in 1971 in response to a meat shortage and rising meat prices -
Re-sealable plastic bags are produced.
Costly production coupled with challenges in understanding how to open the bag had stalled popularity, but by 1973 ziplock bags were a household staple. Dow Chemical had vastly improved the production process and lowered costs, and consumers had caught on. -
Microwave Ovens became popular
By 1986, roughly 25% of households in the U.S. owned a microwave oven, -
Bread-Makers are invented
The one-stop machine for baking bread was first introduced in Japan, in 1986, by Matsushita Electric, now Panasonic. -
First fully recyclable condiment container is produced
The new Heinz ketchup bottle was 98.5 percent recyclable. But because the material could be penetrated over time by the oxygen in air, and tomato-based foods, like ketchup, spoil in the presence of oxygen, the bottle also included two thin oxygen-barrier layers of ethyl vinyl alcohol. -
Portable Mix-It-Yourself Meals become common
Charlie's Lunch Kit is introduced as the first mix-it-yourself portable tuna meal.