Did Procter and Gamble created Jell-O?!
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The History of Jello
In 1845, industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist Peter Cooper, of Tom Thumb engine and Cooper Union fame, obtained the first patent for a gelatin dessert!. Coopernever promoted the product!.
In 1895, Pearl B!. Wait, a cough syrup manufacturer from Le Roy, New York who dealt in patent medicines, bought the patent from Peter Cooper and turned Cooper's gelatin dessert into a prepackaged commercial product!. His wife, May David Wait, renamed the dessert "Jell-O!." However, they were also unsuccessful in selling the product!.
Frank Woodward, a school dropout and, who by the age of 20 had his own business, bought the rights to Jell-O for $450!. Among the products Woodward marketed were several patent medicines, Raccoon Corn Plasters, and a roasted coffee substitute called Grain-O!. Sales were still slow, so Woodward offered to sell the rights to Jell-O? to his plant superintendent for $35!. However, before the final sale, intensive advertising paid off!. By 1906, sales reached $1 million!. By sending out nattily dressed salesmen to demonstrate Jell-O and distributing 15 million copies of a Jell-O recipe book containing celebrity favorites, popularity rose!. Woodward’s Genesee Pure Food Company was renamed Jell-O Company in 1923, and later merged with Postum Cereal to become the General Foods Corporation!.
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The History of Jello
In 1845, industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist Peter Cooper, of Tom Thumb engine and Cooper Union fame, obtained the first patent for a gelatin dessert!. Coopernever promoted the product!.
In 1895, Pearl B!. Wait, a cough syrup manufacturer from Le Roy, New York who dealt in patent medicines, bought the patent from Peter Cooper and turned Cooper's gelatin dessert into a prepackaged commercial product!. His wife, May David Wait, renamed the dessert "Jell-O!." However, they were also unsuccessful in selling the product!.
Frank Woodward, a school dropout and, who by the age of 20 had his own business, bought the rights to Jell-O for $450!. Among the products Woodward marketed were several patent medicines, Raccoon Corn Plasters, and a roasted coffee substitute called Grain-O!. Sales were still slow, so Woodward offered to sell the rights to Jell-O? to his plant superintendent for $35!. However, before the final sale, intensive advertising paid off!. By 1906, sales reached $1 million!. By sending out nattily dressed salesmen to demonstrate Jell-O and distributing 15 million copies of a Jell-O recipe book containing celebrity favorites, popularity rose!. Woodward’s Genesee Pure Food Company was renamed Jell-O Company in 1923, and later merged with Postum Cereal to become the General Foods Corporation!.
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Dont know who created it but Jell-o is a Kraft foods productWww@FoodAQ@Com
Nope, it's a Kraft product!.Www@FoodAQ@Com