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Development
Malnutrition and Poverty among many Americans.
Development of milk Pasteurization
Agriculture improving and new farming equipment being created. -
Feeding Other Nations
World War I caused an overall increase for food.
Preservation was key in feeding soldiers and other countries.
The United States was working towards and agronomic system -
Substitutions
Due to the Great Depression and WWII people had very little food.
People substituted ingredients because many items were scarce like fats.
Sometimes crops were not available because of bad harvest seasons -
Convenience
Nutrition came to play.
Convenience food was needed because Women joined the work force.
Molded Gelatin became the rage (why) -
The Consumers
The FDA and USDA tried to put consumers first by controlling food quality.
Fair Practices Labeling Act
Americans formed consumer groups to better understand the consumer's role in the food sector
