diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs
index d47c6aaf8..d9c42d02a 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class ItemManager
         };
         if (!maker.IsSet()) return (null, null);
 
-        var product = lot.Product.IsSet() ? ItemData.Get(lot.Product) : null;
+        var product = ItemData.Get(lot.Product);
         return (ItemData.Get(maker), product);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ItemTitleTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ItemTitleTests.cs
index d6c57ae2d..b54a90b0a 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ItemTitleTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ItemTitleTests.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ public sealed class ItemTitleTests : IDisposable
         Assert.Equal("Array", _items.Title(unit));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_lot_whose_product_left_the_catalog_brands_its_maker_only()
+    {
+        var lot = _items.CreateLot(_panopticon);
+        _items.Lots[lot].Product = new CultRecordRef<FactionProductData>(new CultRecordKey("removed-product"));
+        var unit = (CraftedItemInstance) _items.CreateInstance(lot);
+        var (maker, product) = _items.Brand(unit);
+        Assert.Equal("Finch", maker.Name);
+        Assert.Null(product);
+        Assert.Equal("Array", _items.Title(unit));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Unbranded_units_are_titled_by_design()
     {