Canned
Description
Explores the history of canned food. Napoleon Bonaparte's army tried an early method, glass bottles but they proved too heavy and broke too easily over long distances. Examines how that method led to the British invention of canning using tin, which has changed how we eat. Viewers also learn how early canned food could cause diseases and how Louis Pasteur discovered why with his germ theory; looks at how canned food was invented to feed hungry soldiers and brought us sterilization and pasteurization also. Explores the possible future of canned food too, and how can designs and methods are constantly improving.
Runtime
24 min
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Date of Publication
2011
Database
Alexander Street
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