Nicolas Appert
French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)
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French confectioner who cracked airtight food preservation in the early 1800s and basically invented the shelf-stable meal. His bottling method became the foundation for modern canning.
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Nicolas Appert was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers".
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