Benjamin Eisenstadt (December 7, 1906 – April 8, 1996) was the creator of Sweet'N Low and the founder of the Cumberland Packing Corporation.
Born in New York City, he first operated a cafeteria across from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. He then switched to making tea bags after his cafeteria declined in revenue. He came up with the idea of single servings of table sugar to utilize his tea bag machinery. He shopped the idea to the major sugar produce...
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Benjamin Eisenstadt (December 7, 1906 – April 8, 1996) was the creator of Sweet'N Low and the founder of the Cumberland Packing Corporation.
Born in New York City, he first operated a cafeteria across from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. He then switched to making tea bags after his cafeteria declined in revenue. He came up with the idea of single servings of table sugar to utilize his tea bag machinery. He shopped the idea to the major sugar producers, but since he didn't get a patent, they used his idea without paying him proper royalties. In 1957 he came up with a formula for a powdered saccharin sweetener. Previously saccharin was sold as liquid drops, or tiny, hard-to-dissolve tablets. He mixed the saccharin with dextrose to bulk it up to a teaspoon sized portion, added cream of tartar, and calcium silicate as an anti-caking agent. He marketed it in bright pink packets. His company was also the first to package soy sauce and other single serving condiments. After his company was...
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