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does anyone know what type of DR that DR oetker was or is it simply that DR stands for his german family initi
I use several of those products and found many Dr oetker listings on the web but none are specific as to what kind of DR he was...or is DR a form of german initials that I dont understand ?
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- SterzLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Dr. stands for "Doktor" in German and is an equivalent of a PhD title. Specifically, it's the title of a Doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor of Natural Sciences) which was granted to August Oetker, the founder of the company, in 1888 for a thesis in botany.
Source(s): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Oetker - 1 decade ago
Dr. Oetker was a pharmacist and in 1891 he invented baking powder and also was the one to mass produce it.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Oetker
