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Researched1924 · Machine Age (1900 – 1945)

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Quick-Frozen Food

Clarence Birdseye's quick-freezing process (1924) keeps fish and vegetables fresh in taste and texture, starting the frozen-food trade.

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Freezing food fast makes small ice crystals that damage cells less. Together with refrigerated transport and home freezers it forms the cold chain that carries perishable food around the world.

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