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Article: Napoleon in cans. (history of preserving food in cans) (Brief Article)
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- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1991
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Napoleon in Cans
1991 is the 150th anniversary of the death of Nicolas Appert, the Frenchman who is credited with the invention of the first successful way of preserving food. As France underwent the Revolution of 1789 and the ensuing years of tumult she found herself pitted against enemies all around her, so the military men realised that food for the large numbers of men under arms could no longer be garnered from villages overtaken by the tide of war; for the simple reason that there were too many men to feed. A prize was to be awarded to anyone who could find a method of preserving food. That prize was fixed at 12,000 francs and was awarded some years later in ...