In the 1960s, food companies flooded the market with NASA-inspired just-add-water products.
BOUND BROOK -- Students at Bound Brook High School share a meal together in this photo taken in the 1960s.
As noted on bonappetit.com, "In the 1960s, food companies flooded the market with NASA-inspired just-add-water products such as instant mashed potatoes, freeze dried coffee, powdered cheese mix and scientifically-engineered Tang."
"The introduction of Easy Cheese, Bac-Os bacon bits and Cool Whip cemented these science project foods' (some of which we still turn to every day) foothold in society."
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