Did Morton develop iodized salt?
The Morton Salt Company of Chicago claims it was responsible for the introduction of iodized salt to prevent goiter. But that’s not accurate.
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Vitamin Donuts (1941)
The Doughnut Corporation of American introduced this vitamin B-1 fortified donut in 1941, but it lasted only a few years.
Eleanor Roosevelt does TV commercial for margarine in 1959
Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, 75, appeared in a television commercial for Good Luck brand margarine in 1959. She was paid $35,000 (equivalent to more than a quarter million dollars in today’s money) which she apparently donated to charity.
How About a Vitamin D-Enriched Beer?
In 1936, capitalizing on the demand for vitamin-fortified foods, the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, introduced a vitamin D-fortified canned beer. Evidently it wasn’t popular, since Schlitz discontinued the product about two years later. See the Wisconsin Historical Society’s article Schlitz ‘Sunshine Vitamin D Beer Can’
“Food Will Win the War” Poster from WWI
A poster by artist Charles E. Chambers. Issued by the United States Food Administration in 1917 to encourage voluntary food conservation.
Santorio Sanctorius’ metabolic balance
This is an illustration of the scale that Santorio Sanctorius used to conduct the first quantitative balance studies. His account in Medicina Statica was published in 28 editions and was popular for about 150 years.
First Food Stamps printed in 1939
First food stamps printed in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1939. Food stamps, the latest in the Roosevelt’s administration’s plans to reduce the farm surplus, came off the presses today at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Of yellow and blue, the stamps will be issued to persons on relief who will be able to cash …
