WORLD WAR II'S MOBILIZATION OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD ACCEPTABILITY: HOW RATION PALATABILITY BECAME A MILITARY RESEARCH PRIORITY

Author: HAMILTON, ALISSA

Source: Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Volume 42, Numbers 4-5, 2003 , pp. 325-356(32)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article focues on the U. S. Army's solicitation of the science of food acceptability in its development of the World War II combat ration. The story of the Army's eventual inclusion of the science of food acceptability in its combat ration reseach program records the growth of food science generally, and palatable rations specifically, into critical components of the nation's security and subtenance.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0367024030247805

Affiliations: 1: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,USA

Publication date: 2003-01-01

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