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• WHO'S WHO - 'M'--'N'--'O' • Mac Elhone, Harry • Maggi, Julius • Mallon, Mary (Typhiod Mary) • Mars, Forrest Edward • Mars, Frank C. • Maytag, Fred • McDonald, Maurice & Richard • Mesnier, Roland • Mitchell, William • Monroe, Marilyn • Montagne, Prosper • Montagu, John • Nelson, Christian Kent • Nignon, Edouard • Nostradamus • Newbold, Charles • Oribe, Furuta

Mitchell, William

(20th century)

In 1956, General Foods research chemist William Mitchell found a way to put carbon dioxide into a solid.

For 18 years General Foods searched for a way to market the invention, and finally in 1974 they introduced 'Pop Rocks'. The popping, crackling candy turns out to be worth the wait; in only five years the company will have sold 500 million packets of Pop Rocks.

 

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