Jell-O

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Jell-O is an extremely popular, branded, simple gelatin dessert from the United States. Gelatin, the main ingredient in Jell-O is made by extracting collagen from the boiled bones of animals. Jell-O was invented in 1897 by Pearle Wait, who experimented with gelatine and invented a new, fruit-flavored dessert. His wife May loved it and named it Jell-O. The couple sold the patent and the name to their neighbour, Frank Woodward, who excelled in marketing the new product via ads, recipe books, and Jell-O molds. Because of his marketing techniques, Jell-O became one of the most popular brands in American history. Today, it is used in numerous gelatin desserts, puddings, and cream pies, and comes in an extremely wide variety of flavors such as apricot, lemon, grape, mango, peach, pineapple, tropical fusion, and watermelon.