Gail Borden, Jr. (1801–1874), inventor and food technologist
In 1856, well before pasteurization was invented, Borden patented a process for vacuum-evaporating milk mixed with sugar (as a preservative) under sterile conditions and putting it into hermetically sealed cans. Originally intended as an emergency ration for travelers, his “condensed milk” was supplied to the Union Army in the Civil War and enjoyed great consumer success later in the century as a product probably safer than much untreated fresh milk.
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