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George Crum
Crum invented the potato chip after getting sent back some french fries from a restaurant he worked in. He sliced the fries paper thin and added a lot of salt to them. -
Charles Hires
Hires created root beer at the Centennial Exhibition -
John S. Pemberton
Pemberton created the Coca-Cola soft drink.The formula, at one point in time, contained cocaine. -
Caleb D. Bradham
In this year, Bradham invented Pepsi-Cola out of a concern to keep patrons and to improve their health. He wanted to create a soft drink that did not need to contain any sort of drug. -
Milton Hershey
Hershey has always had a love for creating sweets and there was a time where all he wanted to do was make candy, so he opened up a company and sold his first Hershey bar by the end of the 1900's. -
Forrest E. Mars, Sr.
Mars at this time had a company there in his house with his father, in that home came the many different kinds of chocolates, M&Ms, Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers, etc. -
Clarence Crane
Crane created Live Savers, he made it resemble a life preserver. -
Clarence Birdseye
Clarence Birdseye founded a way to flash-freeze foods. His method of freezing is still used by people today. -
Edwin Perkins
Perkins created Kool-Aid -
James Alexander Dewar
Dewar invented the Twinkie, while serving as manager of the Continental Baking Company's Chicago area plant. -
William Mitchell
Mitchell created a powdered fruit-flavored drink that is known as Tang. He also invented Cool Whip and Pop-Rocks -
J. Robert Cade
Cade created Gatorade in 1965 due to him noticing that football players were not urinating after their games.
