Junk+Food


 * __Cracker Jacks__**
 * comes with a prize in every box
 * most recognized trade mark in the United States
 * Ingredients: popcorn, peanuts, mollasses, toy
 * Rueckheim brothers, Lewis and F.W.
 * used the World's Fair in Chicago as a time to take advantage of a huge amount visitors to eagerly vend their yet unnamed treat
 * 3 cents


 * __Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum__**
 * five sticks to a package
 * yellow wrapper with red trim
 * tastes sweet
 * 3 cents
 * introduced in 1893
 * first brand of wrigley products


 * __Hires Root Beer__**
 * got recipe from wife
 * Ingredients: juniper, pipsissewa, spikenard, wintergreen, sarsaparilla, and hops
 * spent several years to lessen the laxative punch of the drink by altering the formula
 * started off selling it as 5 cents in front of his pharmacy
 * sold to the public in bottles in 1893
 * __Diet Soda__**
 * no exact brand
 * probably cost around 5 cents
 * introduced at the worlds fair
 * opportunity to advertise

__Bibliography__ Johnson, Mathew L. "Cracker Jacks." __Cracker Jacks__. 13 Dec. 2008 http://www.crackerjack.com/home.htm.

"Junk Food." __Consumer Products Encyclopedia__.

Mosely, Frank. "Hires Root Beer." __Wikipedia__. 12 Dec. 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hires_root_beer.

Peterson, Jack. "Juicy Fruit." __Wrigley's Products__. 12 Dec. 2008 http://www.wrigley.com/brands/juicy_fruit.do.

By: Laura Lambourne, Nicole Christopher, and Katelynne Green