Food Inventors Timeline

  • Walter Diemer (gum)

    Walter Diemer (gum)
    Walter Diemer was the inventor of gum he like the idea of blowing bubbles and wanted the formula to be less stick and stretch more
  • George Crum (potato chip)

    George Crum (potato chip)
    George Crum in invented the potato chip, while working as a chef, he got a complain saying that the fries were "too thick"
  • Charles Hires (root beer)

    Charles Hires (root beer)
    Charles Hires invented a drink called root beer he was the first soft drink entrepreneur.
  • John S. Pemberton Coca-Cola

    John S. Pemberton Coca-Cola
    John S. Pemberton invented the soda pop called coca-cola was an american pharmacist that later invent this pop
  • Caleb D. Bradham (Pepsi cola)

    Caleb D. Bradham (Pepsi cola)
    Caleb D. Bradham Invented Pepsi cola he invented this because he wanted to create a drink that would improve health, one without the narcotics
  • Milton Hershey (Hershey's)

    Milton Hershey (Hershey's)
    Milton Hershey they very famous chocolate bar called "Hershey's) he invented this because he wanted to make his own formula of milk chocolate candy bar and sell it to the american public.
  • Frank Epperson (Popsicle)

    Frank Epperson (Popsicle)
    Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle when he was just 11 years old when he left his drink out in the porch when later in the morning he found it frozen
  • Clarence Crane (hard candy)

    Clarence Crane (hard candy)
    Clarence Crane invented hard candy he invented this candy so it could withstand heat unlike a chocolate bar
  • Edwin Perkins

    Edwin Perkins
    Edwin Perkins invented the well know drink that kids love "Kool-Aid' there was a liquid called fruit smack, but he found a way to making it into powder because of shipping cost
  • Forrest Edward Mars, Sr. M&Ms

    Forrest Edward Mars, Sr. M&Ms
    Forrest Edward Mars, Sr. was a business man that invented the M&Ms and also the Mars candy bar
  • J. Robert Cade (Gatorade)

    J. Robert Cade (Gatorade)
    J. Robert Cade invented the energy drink called Gatorade. he was a medicine professor at the university of Florida
  • James Kraft (kraft cheese)

    James Kraft (kraft cheese)
    James Kraft invented the Kraft cheese. his purpose to creating this cheese was to create a process to prevent it from spoiling, to be shipped to long distances