Battle Creek Sanitarium Savita, ca. 1925
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Savita was a savory seasoning of yeast and vegetable extracts similar to nutritional yeast, used to aid digestion.
In an 1863 vision, Ellen G. White of Gorham and Portland—a prophet and founder of the Seventh-day Adventist church—saw vegetarian foods as ideal for humans. White and her Christian followers founded numerous vegetarian food businesses, most notably the Michigan based Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Battle Creek Sanitarium Lacto Dextrin, ca. 1925
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Lacto Dextrin was a powdered early probiotic product made from soluble starch and lemon powder.
Ellen G. White of Gorham and Portland—a prophet and founder of the Seventh-day Adventist church, founded numerous vegetarian food businesses, most notably the Michigan-based Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Water Lily oat flakes, ca.1890
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Civil War veteran Horace Melcher ran the H.S. Melcher Company, a wholesale produce business that operated on Fore Street in Portland. In the 1920s, the company advertised it was the exclusive distributor for the Water Lily brand, whose line included canned corn and vegetables, raisins, grape juice, and peanut butter.
Oat flakes are a complex carbohydrate grain, and a source of various vitamins, iron, protein, and fiber.
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