Developer of the flavor coating for Cap'n Crunch cereal dead at 79

Pamela Low died Friday, June 1, at New London, New Hampshire, hospital. Low was a flavorist for the Arthur D. Little consulting firm in Boston for over 30 years where she experimented with flavors for Almond Joy and Mounds. She was asked to develop a flavor coating for a corn-and-oat cereal and relied on a recipe from her grandmother to achieve it. The cereal, named Cap'n Crunch, was introduced in 1963 by the Quaker Oats Company. Forty-four years later, Cap'n Crunch is the #1 pre-sweetened kids cereal in the U.S. Low was 79.

Sources: Associated Press, Wikipedia, quakeroats.com