timeline - scientific discoveries

  • 6500 BCE

    salt mines

    salt mines where found in salzburg, austria. it was also found out that when salt was added to food it allowed the food to be eaten longer (even though it was really salty)
  • 800 BCE

    ancient greeks discovery

    ancient greeks discover that food does not spoil as fast when it is cooled by ice or snow
  • ice box

    it was almost 2600 years after discovering that cold temperatures allowes food to last longer did people discover that a storage box that was insulated helps all the food in the box consistently last longer, this is the first use of an ice box
  • canning

    canning was first invented by a chef in france named 'nicholas appert'. he discovered by cooking foods and sealing it in metal cans, the food will last longer. how this actually works is that cooking the foods kill bacteria
  • pasteurization

    pasteurization was first discovered by 'louis pasteur', he heated foods to a very high temperature and then cooled them quickly. most of the existing bacteria is killed from pasteurization
  • flash-freezing food

    flash-freezing food was developed by 'clarence birdseye'. flash freezing rapidly cools food to a frozen state. this method of keeping food colour to stop the growth of bacteria is an improvement on the original ancient greece idea
  • portable fridge

    an inventor from cincinnati, ohio, invented the first portable fridge unit for truck and train cars. the invention allows food to travel from different countries without spoiling. this invention allow chain and fast food companies to start
  • food transported to the moon

    the first transported to the moon. the astronaunts took freeze dried food to the moon