While working for Mars, Incorporated, he was also responsible for introducing Starburst to the United States.

[1] Aaron Leo Brody was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the elder of two children to Nathan Brozozek and Lillian Gorman, Jewish immigrants from Poland.

Upon entry into America through Ellis Island, his father's name was Americanized to Brody.

He became an illustrator with contributions to the school newspaper where most of his work was pen on paper of sports figures.

He was based at Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia where he was a newspaper correspondent reporting on the personal stories of wounded soldiers returning from the War.

After completing his military commitment, he entered the graduate program of the Food Packaging Department at MIT where he earned a Ph.D. in 1957.

The invention was featured in Life (magazine) on October 29, 1956, and included a full page of pictures of the machine which was shown chewing a piece of mozzarella cheese.

After he earned his graduate degree, Brody worked for the Whirlpool Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

[23][1] He has been quoted in The New York Times,[24] and featured on National Public Radio and CNN news.