WHEN it comes to snack food, the packaging that Pringles potato chips come in are held as iconic by many due to their tall cylindrical shape.
And when talking about the Pringles container, it has been said over the years that the man who created the packaging was so proud of his accomplishment that he chose to have a portion of his ashes buried in the packaging he created.
Is this true, or is it a myth?
VERDICT:
TRUE
According to his family, this is exactly what happened when organic chemist and food storage specialist Fredric J. Baur passed away on May 4, 2008 aged 89.
According to Baur's son Lawrence, his father worked for Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati, specialising in research, development, and quality control and took great pride in creating the Pringles container.
Respecting his unusual request, Baur's kids laid part of his cremated remains to rest in a Pringles can; the tubular container and the technique of packaging the curved, stacked chips were patented by Baur in 1966.
The rest of Baur's ashes were placed in an urn and buried alongside the can, while some was placed in another urn and given to one of his grandsons.
As such, his legacy lives on in both the snack food aisle and the story of his final resting place.
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