The joy of cooking has multiple references to it .. one in particular is "add to this 1/2 teaspoon of Savita, or 1 beef cube" to me meaning that a beef bullion cube was a perfectly acceptable substitute. Searching for "Savita 1931" gave me a few news paper articles of which this one More @Wikipedia
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