Tin for Rinse appelstroop Kon. Mij de Betuwe Tiel, inh. 450 gram with image of Flipje

Tin for Rinse appelstroop Kon. Mij de Betuwe Tiel, inh. 450 gram with image of Flipje. 

• Manufacterer: de Betuwe 
• Date of manufacture: 1950 / 1960 

Green tin for apple syrup with on the lid an image of Flipje, the fruit boss of Tiel. furthermore on the tin the text: "De Betuwe Rinse apple syrup". Image of two apples .; "Kon.Mij de Betuwe N.V. Tiel".

Description
Round green tin "De Betuwe Rinse apple syrup" with an image of apples on the tin and an image of Flipje on the lid. Content 450 grams.

The tin has a loose lid with the image of "Flipje" and the text 't fruitbaasje van Tiel!'. The decoration consists of a green background with a red band with text and two red-rimmed labels.

Condition
This tin is in an original vintage condition from the 50s and shows traces of wear and tear linked to age.

Size

• Height: 7.5 cm.
• Diameter: 9 cm.

De Betuwe
Around 1900, De Betuwe was one of the first companies to produce apple syrup in addition to jam and jelly.

Farmers from the Betuwe landed sugar beets in the autumn. These were weighed on the weighbridge on the Grote Brugse Grintweg.

The sugar beets ended up in a large storage heap after which they were cleaned in the factory. They were cut into pieces, cooked and pressed on heavy machines. The juice was filtered and thickened under vacuum.

Apples received a similar treatment.

Apple syrup was made from the concentrated sugar solution from the sugar beet and the concentrated apple juice. CONPURA appears on the cans of the apple syrup (and pear syrup). Conpura stands for: Concentrated Pure Apple Juice.

Flipje is a fictional figure who serves as a mascot, originally from the jam factory "De Betuwe" and nowadays the mascot of the city of Tiel. It was invented in 1935. In Tiel he is among other things honoured with a museum, a statue and comic strips on benches in them around the center of the city.

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