Frozen food technology: Identify who discovered the first practical method of freezing food. Full question: FROZEN FOOD — Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food? Choose the correct option.
General Knowledge
Inventions
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
Answer
Correct Answer: Clarence Birdseye
Explanation
Given data
- Domain: Food preservation technology.
- Task: Identify the pioneer of practical quick-freezing.
Concept / Approach Clarence Birdseye developed and commercialized the first practical method for quick-freezing foods in the 1920s, preserving texture and flavor by rapidly passing through the ice-crystal formation zone.
Option analysis Birdseye: Correct — quick-freezing pioneer. Pasteur: Pioneered pasteurization, not freezing. Appert: Early canning methods. Linde: Industrial refrigeration and gases, not the first practical food quick-freezing method.
Final Answer Clarence Birdseye.