Food Fact of the Day: Food Fact of the Day: Gelatin was popularized in the Victorian era with spectacular and complex "jelly molds". Gelatin was sold in sheets and had to be purified, which was very time-consuming. The effort involved also made gelatin desserts the province of the relatively well-to-do. Use of gelatin became more widespread after 1885 when cough syrup manufacturer, Pearle Wait, bought a patent for manufacturing gelatin and added strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon flavoring to the powder. Wait’s wife May came up with the name Jell-O.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:49:01 +0000
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