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Food Coloring
Food additives to change the color of foods were on the rise. A popular choice at this time would be colouring Gloucester cheese with red lead and coloring sweets with copper arsenite to be green! -
Fruit Jelly
Chemists began testing the consistency of manufactured foods, beginning with fruit jelly. This test consisted of puncture testing the jelly, and then testing the strength of the jelly. -
Artificial Food
French inventor Hippolyte Mege-Moureies created margarine, the first artificial food created. Margarine was meant to be a cheaper alternative to butter for the working class of Napoleons' people. Margarine became even cheaper when chemists refined the hydrogenation process of margarine. -
Artificial Sweeteners
Saccharin was the first artificial sweetener created. This was a mix of coal tar derivatives, and between 300 and 500 times sweeter than sugar. -
Dipping Refractometer
This instrument was created by the optical company Carl Zeiss. The instrument was created to see how much light a liquid reflects. This tests the concentration of the ingredients in a product. -
Tin Cans
Tin cans were first used to preserve food in the early 1800s. Although food inside the cans could extend the shelf life of the food inside the cans, the food could be contaminated with lead and tin due to improper lining of the cans.