Military Canning History You Didn't Know

"The world's first canned is how was born?

Canned why can become one of the stores?

What is canned time into the Chinese army?

Forces in the cans and cans on the market what's the difference?"

------ with these questions, let us into the world of Chinese canned.

01. How was the world's first can made?

The origin of canning began with the need for food preservation during the war. Napoleon, who lost Europe, directly promoted the creation of cans.

In the early 19th century, French King Napoleon offered a huge reward for food preservation in order to secure food supplies for his army during the war.

In 1804, Nicolas Appel, after years of research, won a prize from Napoleon for finding a way to heat food by filling it in glass bottles and sealing it. This is the origin of modern canning.

* the French government to nicola appell issued commemorative stamps

02. canned why can become one of the stores?

There is an old saying:Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses. Adequate and reliable stores, can stable morale;Stores a continuous and reliable supply, can guarantee troop strength, win the war.

The story of the birth of tin, is it a commissary of the most important reason: canned foods can be long-term preservation is not bad, easy to store transport. So, from is born to nearly two hundred cans, cans has been the important food supplies.

*World War I British canned corned beef

*World War II US Army's kinds of canned

*World War II canned red beans and rice from Japan

During the Second World War, although we did not have canned food, the Communists and the army, with their indomitable fighting will and red-blooded spirit, drove out the invaders with "millet plus rifles" and established new China.

Ok, now for the last and most important question, what is the difference between a military can and a civilian can? Of course, there is a difference, because military cans are used on the battlefield, so the solid content of military cans is more than civilian products, storage period is longer, packaging is firm and reliable, can not be bought on the market, and meat cans are in the majority. There are differences, but there is also something in common: no preservatives.