Old Benny Hill joke (it may predate him but that is where I first saw it) "Don't waste water. Dilute it."

I sent them an email and this was their response:

Thank you for your email regarding our Dehydrated Water. It is a patented product and we began "manufacturing" it in the 1960's when space flights began. I am not sure if it qualifies as a collectable item but we do receive emails such as yours from time to time. If you would like to purchase more, please call our Customer Service Department at 800-323-3663.


Sincerely,


Mary Kay Nolan
Administrative Assistant to the CEO
Bernard Food Industries, Inc.

Interesting that they put quotes around the word manufactuing. Maybe it is just ordinary water and labeled dehydrated to qualify under the rules of NASA back then.

I had one of those but it got wet.

Is there actually anything IN the can or is it like those cans of "Florida Air" I used to see in souvenir shops in Miami when I went there with my family as a kid?

I collect tins - and this is one of my favorites. I believe I read somewhere that it was given away by salesmen of the Bernard Company to clients as a gag gift.

Salesmen from the 20's through the 60's would often give away sample cans to grocers, etc.

This is perfect. It's a very portable form. Perfect for taking to remote locations to help fight forest fires! 😉

Tah, note that the instructions say to empty the can into a gallon of water adn stir. You'll need to take the gallon of water along to put this into.

Christopher, thanks, but... SHH!

I'm trying to sell this in southern California. No one's going to buy it if you point that out! (My labels have convenient "correction" stickers over that part.) 😉

(And, yes, I knew that. I was making a timely joke due to the SoCal fires and Alex's previous post on such.)

Sorry Tah, I won't say a word.

I have this can!! Slightly oxidized but great condition including label. Looks as though the can was used as an advertising prop to sell Kamp-Pack vending products and 400 products of various varieties. Anyone interested please e-mail me to discuss. Great piece of "history"

I have a newer version of the can. Authentic, Bernard Dehydrated Water. This one is new enough to have a pop-top - no can opener needed...sheesh I kill me. The older one I saw on Ebay sold in auction for $46 plus shipping. Mine has a "special uses for dry H2O" section on the label. It also has the number 1545 stamped into the bottom of the can. Dina, if you have an older one I suggest you hold on to it for a while. Just a thought. This is hilarious! :roll:

Hello Mike: Thank you for your contribution to my posting and your advice. This was my Grandfathers; I have a bunch of neat things from Gramps...makes sense, he was a prankster! Incidentally, 2719 is stamped on the bottom of mine... I thought it might me Julian Date coding but there really is nothing inside to expire! LOL
😉

Check out this website! Buy dehydrated water today! It's an amusing modern day version of this can.

http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/

Wow my dad use to get me with that all the time, now I see where he gets it from...

The company that makes this can have created a webpage for the product. Check it out. Nutritional facts are included.
http://www.bernardfoods.com/foodservice/beverages/dehydatedwater.htm

Thank you for your contribution to my posting and your advice. I have this can!! Slightly oxidized but great condition including label.

...I SEE WAT U DID THAR.

We have had one of these cans for as long as I can remember. We keep it on our shelf as a gag for friends of ours, its a great conversation piece. I think my father gave it to me in the late '60s.

Ours has 8192 stamped on the top. Like the others, its slightly rusty but the label is in great shape.

Now it even means more to us!!

Haha I really wonder what it is made out of maybe its just nothing?

I was a science teacher at Whitman Hanson Regional High School and one Christmas our department head gave us one of these cans as a gag gift. I still display it proudly on my hutch cabinet in the kitchen and it never fails to get a chuckle from friends and family.

my can appears to be white. other can seen on internet appear yellow. has mine faded?

The can fades from White to Yellow not Yellow to White. I am surprised you never realized that. When something fades it usually become a residue color. White is not a residue color. With that in mind did you think that the dirt in your house with the yellow color represented that the house was clean. If that was the case then you really need to re-evaluate your life.

Betty, not being involved with the company that sells the "product" I can only speculate as to differing colors. First of all age may have something to do with color because the company changed the label after a few years. This is a common practice when a new look might be desirable to attract attention. Second is that as the label paper aged it naturally "yellowed" which is also common, and just as likely. It is a shame that someone used this fun-forum to flame you over your use of the word 'fade'. The word fade is often perceived as a gradual change, regardless of beginning or end appearance. Bill? 😛

Bernard did indeed make them as an advertising gimmick. I remember seeing them in their store displays, and even had one for a while.

I guess from the response to the email they are still in the dehydrated food business? At the time (1950s and 1960s) their dehydrated products were ok, but you really did not want to use them for extended trips. A number of mountaineering expeditions did so, though, since there were few other choices. One summer when in college, I worked for the company that sponsored my scholarship, Food Machinery and Chemical. They were just developing freeze-dry products at the time (for the military and NASA). They would give some samples to some of us who they knew did a fair amount of backpacking with the request "if you can figure out how to reconstitute this stuff, be sure to tell us."

I have a can of that. They were given away at food trade shows as a joke in the 60's

Its funny, on their website it says:

Contains: No artifical flavors
No Artifical Colors
No Preservatives
No Nothing

No, I don't think it's a joke. They manufacture it on Florida, US. If you are great at manufacturing too, you can join Freelancer.com to get more projects. Use this code to get more advantages BUILDIT4ME.

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The company that makes this can have created a webpage for the product. Check it out. Nutritional facts are included.

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