Lotz "Sacchar" Cracker order card, Berkeley, CA, circa 1901

Subjects: Advertising Dairies & Food Processing
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1901 (Early)

Back of Lotz "Sacchar" Cracker order card, Berkeley, CA, circa 1901, Hygienic Health Food Co., CA, USA, c. 1901 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The Hygienic Health Food Co. used this order card to line up jobbers for a special combination of health foods: Lotz "Sacchar" Cracker, Keepwell (Malt Syrup) Cracker, Grants Hygienic Crackers, and Grants Hygienic Breakfast Food. A retailer could ask the company to deliver the assortment through its jobber, promise to give the products a display, and let the company advertise the retailer as a seller. Blank lines at the bottom allowed the retailer to change the quantities. Lotz "Sacchar" Cracker was marketed as a sweet cracker made without sugar and containing saccharin, aimed at diabetics and others who avoided sugar. The card reflects the early 20th-century market for health foods and sugar substitutes, with the company operating from Oakland and Berkeley in the East Bay.

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PublisherHygienic Health Food Co.

POST CARD ONE CENT STAMP HERE Hygienic Health Food Co. 319 Syndicate Bldg Sta. A Oakland Berkeley, Calif. LOTZ "Sacchar" CRACKER REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. A SWEET SPECIALTY ADOPTED FOR DIABETICS AND THOSE WHO MUST ABSTAIN FROM THE USE OF SUGAR SWEET WITHOUT SUGAR MANUFACTURED & GUARANTEED BY HYGIENIC HEALTH FOOD CO. Inc. OAKLAND AND BERKELEY CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. NET CONTENTS 8 OZ. CONTAINS ½ OF 1% SACCHARIN --- POST CARD ONE CENT STAMP HERE Hygienic Health Food Co. 319 Syndicate Bldg Sta. A Oakland Berkeley, Calif. LOTZ "Sacchar" CRACKER A SWEET SPECIALTY ADOPTED FOR DIABETICS AND THOSE WHO MUST ABSTAIN FROM THE USE OF SUGAR SWEET WITHOUT SUGAR MANUFACTURED & GUARANTEED BY HYGIENIC HEALTH FOOD CO. Inc. OAKLAND AND BERKELEY CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. NET CONTENTS 8 OZ. CONTAINS 1/2 OF 1% SACCHARIN REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

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Hygienic Health Food Co.

319 Syndicate Bldg Berkeley, CA

FromHygienic Health Food Co., Syndicate Bldg, 319 Syndicate Bldg, Sta. A Oakland, Berkeley, CA

Postcard record

Publisher	Hygienic Health Food Co.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Hygienic Health Food Co., 319 Syndicate Bldg, Berkeley, CA
Place mentioned	Oakland, CA
Place mentioned	Berkeley, CA
Place sent from	Hygienic Health Food Co., 319 Syndicate Bldg, Sta. A Oakland, Syndicate Bldg, Berkeley, CA
Notes	Address side only; undivided back; one-cent stamp box; printed address with red corrections; light foxing. Postmark: none. Unmailed printed business reply/order card; undivided back with 'POST CARD' heading and 'ONE CENT STAMP HERE' box. Green product-label advertisement for Lotz 'Sacchar' Cracker (Hygienic Health Food Co.), with illustration of Grant's Hygienic Crackers packages and small product text. Light edge wear.

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Lotz "Sacchar" Cracker order card, Berkeley, CA, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lotz-sacchar-cracker-order-card-berkeley-ca-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.