How Crisco Toppled Lard and Made Americans Believers in Industrial Food

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  1. 3. Cottonlene and Cotosuet added images of this to their advertsing
  2. 7. Crisco said it was made from 100% ______
  3. 8. What did the cotton gin comb out that left mountains of this behind?
  4. 9. Cottonseed was being added to _____ oil to cut costs, giving cotton seed oil a mixed reputation
  5. 11. David Wesson pioneered industrial _____ and deodorizing techniques that made the cottonseed oil clear, tasteless, and neutral smelling
  6. 15. What techniques did Crisco's marketers use that encouraged consumers not to worry about ingredients and instead to put their trust in reliable brands?
  7. 16. For decades Crisco had only one ingredient, an oil. What type of oil was it?
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  1. 1. Crisco was made with only cottonseed oil, what process did they use to solidify it?
  2. 2. In fives years after Crisco started, Americans were buying 60 million cans of Crisco a year, equivalents of _____ cans for every family
  3. 4. Crisco helped convince Americans that they didn't need to understand the ingredients in processed foods, as long as those foods came from a _____ brand
  4. 5. There was no law that mandated that food companies list ______
  5. 6. In the Early 20th C, Americasn associated cotton with clothes not ________
  6. 10. If you don't find it strange to eat foods whose ingredients you don't know or understand, who can you thank?
  7. 12. Despite the fact that industrial-scale lard had a noticeable pork taste, the issue with lard was what?
  8. 13. Cottonseed oil would have animal fats mixed in to make cheap, solid shortenings that were sold in pails to resemble what?
  9. 14. When cotton seeds were milled in early attempts, it resulted in oil that was dark and _______?