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Who's the Inventor Behind Tang, Pop Rocks, and Cool Whip?

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Mitchell's Cool Whip and Pop Rocks

Meet the man who invented Tang, Cool Whip and Pop Rocks on hastoforks.com. Inventor tried to create dry alcohol by mixing wet alcohol with an intensely processed absorbent starch called maltodextrin. He also created a quickset form of jello that could be made with cold water rather than hot.

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