1886Canada Bans Margarine

Canada bans margarine
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🧈 Invention of Margarine

Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès invents margarine, winning the prize offered by Napoleon III to invent a suitable substitute for butter. The original substitute however used beef suet rather than vegetable oils.
Invention of Margarine (1869)
MargarineMège-MourièsButter SubstituteNapoleon IIIIndustry19th Century
FranceFrance

🧈 Canada Bans Margarine

Canada Bans Margarine (1886)
MargarineBanFood RegulationIndustry19th Century
CanadaCanada

🦷 Beeman's Gum Invented

Beeman's gum invented (elsewhere reported as 1882)
Beeman's Gum Invented (1890)
Chewing GumBeeman's Gum19th CenturyIndustry
United StatesUnited States

🧈 Canada Lifts Ban on Margarine

Canada Lifts Ban on Margarine (1948)
MargarineFood RegulationCanadaPost-WarFood Industry
CanadaCanada