Entertaining three-part saga on the History Channel about the origins and struggles of some of the biggest American food brands. Imagine living in an era when virtually no commercial food products were regulated for health and safety reasons.
Where John Pemberton had to have been on drugs to have invented Coca Cola. And he was. And where Post got his start by stealing some of Dr. John Kellogg's secrets. And he did.
And that Dr. Kellogg may have been the ultimate cereal-killer, as he had no interest or vision in the commercial development of the granola product he used for years in his Battle Creek Sanitarium. A product that came to fruition only thanks to his brother W.K. Kellogg, who was largely looked down upon as a flake by his brother. The rest is history.
Or that the number "57" had no real significance for Henry Heinz. He just liked the way that number appeared in print. And that Heinz beat his ketchup competition by simply buying up all the bottles in the area, placing them on a barge and sinking them all.
Worth watching if you are a history geek.
The next episode would deal with confectioners Hershey and Mars. Sweet.
Lots of historical tidbits that make you think, "Hmmmmm".
https://www.history.com/shows/the-food-that-built-america
Where John Pemberton had to have been on drugs to have invented Coca Cola. And he was. And where Post got his start by stealing some of Dr. John Kellogg's secrets. And he did.
And that Dr. Kellogg may have been the ultimate cereal-killer, as he had no interest or vision in the commercial development of the granola product he used for years in his Battle Creek Sanitarium. A product that came to fruition only thanks to his brother W.K. Kellogg, who was largely looked down upon as a flake by his brother. The rest is history.
Or that the number "57" had no real significance for Henry Heinz. He just liked the way that number appeared in print. And that Heinz beat his ketchup competition by simply buying up all the bottles in the area, placing them on a barge and sinking them all.
Worth watching if you are a history geek.
The next episode would deal with confectioners Hershey and Mars. Sweet.
Lots of historical tidbits that make you think, "Hmmmmm".
https://www.history.com/shows/the-food-that-built-america
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