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SIR FRANCIS BACON
Experiment with effect of cold on decay of meat -
THOMAS MOORE
First electric refrigerator -
GEORGE CRUM
Native A/AA chef that invented potato chips -
THOMAS ADAMS
Opened first chewing gum factory -
JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG
Corn flakes cereal -
JOHN S. PEMBERTON
Atlanta, GA pharmacist invented Coca-Cola -
PETER COOPER
Patent for manufacture of gelatin dessert (later purchased and called Jell-o) -
MILTON HERSHEY
Made milk chocolate and sold nationwide at a low price -
DR. HARLEY WILEY
Chief chemist of USDA- Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 -
James L. Kraft
Began wholesale cheese business- which led to processed cheese -
Stephen Poplawski
Invented the blender -
Edward Haas lll
Pez candies in Vienna, Austria -
Edwin Perkins
Nebraska chemist invented Kool Aid -
Walter Diemer
Invented Double Bubble gum -
George A. Hormel
Founded Hormel and invented SPAM -
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm
Invented coffeemaker -
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Carl Tupper
Tupper seal and Tupperware -
Percy Le Baron Spencer
An engineer who invented the microwave oven -
AC Swanson
Frozen foods- TV dinner -
Ermal Fraze
Created self-opening can by putting first pull tabs on cans -
CHARLES/CLARENCE BIRDSEYE
Process of quick freezing -
J. Robert Cade
Professor of medicine and physiology- invented Gatorade -
Antoine Lavoisier
Quantitative chemical experiments- system to describe structure of chemical -
Forrest Mars
Started candy company- developed Mars Bars and created M&M’s -
William Mitchell
A research chemist who invented Pop Rocks and also created Cool Whip -
Ellen Richards
Founder of home economics- first woman to be admitted to MIT; worked on air, water & food quality
