Crisco Candle Company

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Crisco candle company. The story of crisco begins innocently enough in pre civil war america when candle maker william proctor and his brother in law soap maker james gamble joined forces to compete with fourteen other soap and candle makers in cincinnati ohio. It was originally made from cottonseed oil. Crisco is a brand of shortening produced by the j m. Smucker company popular in the united states.

A 48 ounce can of shortening is about 5 or less and 200 feet of wick is about 8. Introduced in june 1911 by procter gamble it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil cottonseed. Crisco all vegetable shortening is a must. The crisco brand was originally a candle company.

Of course it s not really made from vegetables. Generally speaking a homemade crisco candle is going to be a whole lot cheaper than any other type of candle. About that time electricity was born the candle business tanked. P g entered the shortening business out of necessity.

Proctor gamble needed another use for their crisco product so vegetable shortening was born and touted as a healthy alternative to meat based products.