Food Industry History
Beverage History
Food Processing
Sensory Science
Trade and Economics
100

This invention by Nicolas Appert in the early 1800s revolutionized food storage for armies and navies

Canning

100

This distilled spirit originated in the Caribbean and was closely tied to the sugar trade and colonial economies

Rum

100

This process, used in making tortillas and hominy, involves soaking corn in an alkaline solution to improve nutritional value and flavor

Nixtamalization

100

This sensory testing method presents 3 samples, 2 identical and one different, to determine whether a perceptible difference exists

Triangle Test

100

This spice was once so valuable that it was used as currency and helped drive European exploration to Asia

Black Pepper

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