Lauren-19th Century Inventions

A timeline of snack/food inventions starting in BC:

http://www.foodtimeline.org/

The SFA- Snack Food Association, 400 worldwide manufacturers and suppliers

http://www.sfa.org/

DEFINITIONS:
*savory snacks-made of potatoes and corn
*meat snacks-made of varied meats

In the 70's, SFA had "State of the Snack" address, acknowledging its involvement in snack taxes


19th Century Inventions:

• Potato chips-currently 30 million dollar world wide market

• ice cream cones
• hamburgers:

http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/burgers.html

• cereal
• corn syrup

EVOLUTION of CANDY based on sweetener discoveries:

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcandy.html#cornsyrup

• 1840's-oregon trail foods

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpioneer.html#pioneer

• modern marshmallows

• soft drinks in America:

http://books.google.com/books?id=XMA9gYIj-C4C&pg=RA2-PA2003&lpg=RA2-PA2003&dq=soda+soft+drinks+1830&source=bl&ots=nHNj84q7vj&sig=QtHRhbA7nxoIGuXgWBc75V4x9SE&hl=en&ei=rNjgSc2OIYbmlQedn_HfDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=soda%20soft%20drinks%201830&f=false

*Foods, like condensed milk, were invented during a trend of drying and making foods portable, during the time of the western expansion in America. Portable and in need of no preparation are two characteristics of snacks today.