Holland–Rantos was a company founded in the United States 1925 by

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advocates that manufactured high-quality

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. Its primary product was the

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, which was

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's recommended method of contraception. The company also sold a lubricating jelly under the name "vaginal jelly", based on a formula imported from Germany. In the 1940s, Holland–Rantos was bought by Young's Rubber Co., which manufactures the Trojan Condom. Around 2000, a new company

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was founded, which sells lubricating jelly under the name "HR Jelly".

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