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Jell-O Facts

Source of Recipe

Food Reference Newsletter


Recipe Introduction

Peter Cooper, inventor and founder of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, obtained the first American patent for the manufacture of gelatin. In 1895, cough syrup manufacturer Pearl B. Wait purchased the patent and developed a packaged gelatin dessert. Wait's wife, May David Wait named it 'Jell-O.' In 1936 Jell-O came out with a Cola flavored Jell-O. It was dropped the following year.