394: What's the best food industry innovation since sliced bread?

<div>When the bread slicing machine was invented in the 1920s in the US it was initially met with some scepticism by consumers.<br> <br> But it is a huge success story – within five years of that first slicing machine being used in a Missouri bakery it is estimated that 80% of bread sold in the US was pre-sliced.<br> <br> It was so successful that it became the subject of a phrase. Who hasn't heard: 'This is the best thing since sliced bread'?<br> <br> So what does it take to invent such game-changing ideas and make them succeed? Is it genius, luck, or are they somehow just inevitable as society develops?<br> <br> There are so many remarkable food industry innovations to look back at.  <br> <br> In this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, we pick out the very best from the last 100 years or so.<br> <br> <strong>Guests:</strong><br> <strong>Neil Buttery, Evolutionary Biologist and Food Historian<br> Dr Morgaine Gaye - Food Futurologist</strong> </div>