Smarties are sugar coated confectionaries that are extremely popular in United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. The production was started in 1937 by the H.I. Rowntree & Co. and is now manufactured by Nestle. The Rowntree of York, England had earlier been making chocolate means since 1882 and...
FOOD INVENTIONS
Who invented pizza?
Pizza is a dish that essentially is bread topped with various ingredients and then baked in the oven. Since time immemorial the peasant and the common folk of Middle East and Mediterranean made it and wad a part of their cuisine. By 997 AD, the PIZZA had appeared in Rome and was much floured...
Who invented cheeseburger?
Cheeseburger was invented in mid 1920s. Many people claim to have invented the cheeseburger. The most believed story is that of Lionel Sternberger who claims to have invented the cheeseburger accidentally, at the age of 16 when he was working in his father’s restaurant in Pasadena, California....
Who invented bubblegum?
The story of bubble gum is almost 2000 years old. In the beginning of the 20th century bubble gum first hit the confectionary market. The first bubble gum is said to have been invented by Frank Fleer and Peter Meijer of Fleer Chewing Gum Company of Philadelphia in 1906. However this gum was...
Who invented cool whip?
William A. Mitchell invented cool whip in 1967. General Foods Corporation; a brand name in food products where William worked as a food chemist, introduced the product from its Birds Eye department. The product was a great hit. Later the department merged with Kraft Foods and gave the manufacturing...
Who invented cheerios?
Cheerios was invented in 1941 by Lester Borchardt, an employee of General Mill, Minnesota. Cheerios was the first dish that could be eaten without cooking; it was a ready to eat dish. It was introduced by the same company in the name of cherry oats but as the same name was owned by some other...
Who invented alcohol?
Invention of alcohol dates back to 10000 years. It was in 6000 to 4000 B.C. that the art of making wine from grapes, viticulture started. The area where the wine was discovered was located somewhere around the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. The Egyptians history talks of beer in 9000 B. C....
Who invented ice cream?
It was around 4000 years back that royal people maintained their ice houses to keep the food fresh. The accounts do talk about King Nero who sent his servants to the mountains to get snow and enjoyed it with honey, nectar and fruit juices. King Tang of China had ninety four icemen who made...
Who invented peanut butter?
It was in 950 B. C. that first form of peanut butter was found. History suggests many theories as to who invented the peanut butter and when was it invented. Peanut as a crop grew in South America and the Inca civilization consumed it in their food, they used it in the form of a thin paste...
