The writing is in Yiddish, which uses Hebrew characters and
a German syntax. The last line apparently says "produkten."
Any other intepretations would be greatly welcomed.
According
to Moshe Rappoport from Zurich in a recent e-mail to me,
"Apparently
(I can't make out the first letter very clearly) it says "Scouring
Powder Products". That would be like Ajax or Comet white
powder cleanser products for washing dishes and pots. Since
it was used with food it would have had to have been Kosher.
Do they still sell those tubular cans? "
Yes
Moshe! Still tubular. Thanks for the update!