Strange
This page is dedicated to caps of products other than a drink. You will find cooking oil, cleaning product or pills that (supposedly) cancel the effects of alcohol or vinegar.
Alsaver
Faced with road accidents, directly attributable to ambient alcoholism, the Scandinavian countries decided in the early 1960s to introduce alcohol tests to randomly check drivers.
They were followed in 1967 by Great Britain and Belgium.
In the 1970s, the company Alsaver International Distribution appeared in Belgium, offering a range of fruit juices or fruit-based drinks, lemonades, syrups and energy products
for well-being. But above all, it offered a very powerful energy product supposed to allow to pass alcohol tests by reducing the effects of alcohol.
The first breathalyzers, the famous balloons, only appeared in 1967; before that, officers had to decide whether to subject a suspect driver to a blood test.
More information on the Alsaver International Distribution page.
Huile Impériale
Huile Impériale
- withstands the heat of cooking best
- is light on the stomach
- makes cooking easy
- is the most nutritious of all foods
More information on the Nouvelles Huileries Anversoises page.
Tropel
The triple action detergent: cleans everything, quickly and better.
For my dishes: Two tablespoons of TOPEL in 5 liters of water (cold or lukewarm) and my dishes shine like new!
For my tiles: I pour a little pure TOPEL on it; I rub well and rinse with a cloth and clean water.
For my stockings and nylon underwear: I pour a little pure TOPEL on the stockings or on the laundry that I soak by squeezing it; I rinse with water (cold or lukewarm), then I wring it out well in an
absorbent cloth: a terry towel for example.
For my blankets: With half a liter of TOPEL in 30 liters of water (cold or lukewarm) my blankets become as supple as when they were new.
Vinaigre l'Etoile
In 1884, Pierre-Eugène Vanden Hoff, a young pharmacist from Brussels, had the idea of producing vinegar from the juice of dates, which were then imported in abundance to feed horses, the main means of transport at the time.
His goal was to produce quality vinegar that was affordable for everyone.
In 1886, the Grande Vinaigrerie Nationale was founded in Brussels and met with immediate success. Expropriated in 1968, it moved to Wavre, where it managed to expand
but it was bought in 2007 by the Dutch group Burg, which relocated production to the Netherlands.
More information on the Grande Vinaigrerie Nationale page.