In the middle of the 20th century, an age-old quest for safe and effective oral contraception was realized. The woman who made that happen was Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), the founder of the American Birth Control League, the forerunner of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Chesler, 1...
in 1947, to crank out medicated candy lozenges. I think that the idea of candy as medicine still lingers in the way we’re aware of its effect on our bodies. We think it must cause your blood sugar to rise, cause cavities, or make you hyperactive…and it’s true that candy can do ...
Another Thanksgiving candy that candy lovers can enjoy is the Giant Gummy Bear Turkey Leg. It’s a massive, half-pound turkey leg on a stick, and it’s entirely gummy. It consists of corn syrup, sugar, gelatine, citric acid, coloring, and other ingredients. This candy is made byGGB-Gi...
Of course, afterWorld War I, soldiers took up the habit of eating sweets back in America, so confectioners in the USA followed the demand.What was the main goal of the new sweet makers?To outweigh the consumption ofHershey’s, which was dominating the planet’s candy business. ...
A Brief History of Chewing Gum 泡泡糖的简史 Although the history of chewing gum is somewhat cloudy, there is evidence that the early Greeks chewed on a substance made from a resin of the Mastic Tree indigenous to Turkey.In North America, Native Americans chewed on a substance that made from...
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ching in 1879 [source: Lindt]. This process consistently created a smooth-textured bar of chocolate and made chocolate even more affordable to mass-produce. By the early 1900s, people like Henri Nestle, Milton Hershey and other big names in chocolate were churning out tons of chocolate candy....
Candy canes were originally solid white, but during the turn of the 20th century stripes started to appear. Prior to the late 19th century, Christmas cards of that period show nothing but plain white candy. Some believe the stripes came from the candy maker Bob McCormack in the 1920s. The...
Esther A. Holland was the first one to sell mass-produced Valentine’s Daygreeting cardsin America. She was known as the “Mother of Valentine”. Valentine’s Day is the second-largest card-sending holiday, according to the Greeting Card Association. What kind of cards do you prefer for Va...
The clergymen's custom of handing out candy canes during Christmas services would eventually spread throughout Europe and later to America. At the time, the canes were still white, but sometimes the candy-makers would add sugar-roses to further decorate the canes. In, 1847, the first historic...