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The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US.
The Royal Baking Powder Company was one of the largest producers of baking powder in the US.
History
It was started by brothers Joseph Christoffel Hoagland and Cornelius Nevius Hoagland in 1866, It later came under the ownership of William Ziegler, and then his adopted son, William Ziegler Jr. In 1929, the Royal Baking Powder Co., along with four other companies including the Fleischmann's Yeast Company, merged to formStandard Brands
Standard Brands was a packaged foods company, formed in 1929 by J. P. Morgan with the merger of:
* Fleischmann Company
*Royal Baking Powder Company
* E. W. Gillett Company of Canada (1929) - Toronto-based baking goods company (maker of Magic Bak ...
, the number-two brand of packaged foods in America after General Foods. Through a further merger, Standard Brands itself became part of Nabisco
Nabisco (, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International.
Nabisco' ...
in 1981. As of 2017, Nabisco is a subsidiary of Mondelez International
Mondelez International, Inc. ( ), often styled Mondelēz, is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding and beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. Mondelez has an annual revenue of about $26 billion and operates in ...
; Royal Baking Powder is still marketed today, currently by Hulman & Company.
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