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American baking powder company
The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of
baking powder in the United States. Royal Baking Powder is still marketed today.
Royal Baking Powder, early to mid 20th century
History
The company was started by brothers
Joseph Christoffel Hoagland and Cornelius Nevius Hoagland in 1866,
[1]
[2] It later came under the ownership of
William Ziegler , and then his adopted son,
William Ziegler Jr.
[3]
[4]
Lid of Royal Baking Powder tin, in historical perspective, probably late 19th century. It had been among the effects of a South African soldier killed in
World War I . About 50 mm (2.0 in) in diameter, from a tin about 100 mm (3.9 in) deep.
In 1929, the Royal Baking Powder Co., along with four other companies including the
Fleischmann's Yeast Company , merged to form
Standard Brands , the number-two brand of
packaged foods in America after
General Foods . Through a further merger, Standard Brands itself became part of
Nabisco in 1981. In 2012, Nabisco became a subsidiary of
Mondelez International .
[5]
References
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"1866. History of Baking Powder" . Retrieved November 10, 2011 . Brothers Cornelius (1828–1898) and Joseph Hoagland (1841–1899) formed a partnership to develop a baking powder company called Royal Baking Powder Company ...
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"In Memory of J. C. Hoagland. Directors of the Royal Baking Powder Company Take Action" .
New York Times . December 10, 1899. Retrieved May 1, 2011 . As a mark of respect to the late Joseph C. Hoagland, who had for more than thirty years acted as President of the Royal Baking Powder Company, ...
^ Morrison, Abraham Cressy (1904).
The Baking Powder Controversy . American Baking Powder Association. pp. 589–594.
ISBN
9781235619861 . Retrieved January 8, 2019 .
^ Civitello, Linda (2017). Baking powder wars : the cutthroat food fight that revolutionized cooking . Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. p. 45.
ISBN
9780252041082 .
^
"News Releases" . Phx.corporate-ir.net. August 4, 2011. Archived from
the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2024 .
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1 Manufactured by
Hershey's in the U.S. under licensing agreement
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