Crisco is an American brand of shortening that is produced by B&G Foods. Introduced in June 1911 by Procter & Gamble, it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil, originally cottonseed oil. Additional products marketed under the Crisco brand include a cooking spray, various olive oils, and other cooking oils, including canola, corn, peanut, sunflower, and blended oils.
Vintage Crisco can
Cover of the original Crisco cookbook, 1912
Kream Krisp logo
Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products.
Strutto, or clarified pork fat, or lard, a type of shortening common in Italy and Corsica (where it is named sdruttu)
A 1918 advertisement for shortening