“Extract of Meat” was born. As it happened, the man who developed it had already produced modern fertilizers, popularized baking powder and found grass substitutes for cattle; he was about to ...

The extract turned out to be a rather poor, and not particularly nutritious, alternative to meat – but the Liebig Extract of Meat Company did morph into Oxo, whose stock cubes find their way ...

This substance is variously called the Extract of Meat, the Juice of Flesh, Liebig's Extract, and in Latin, Extractum Carnis Liebigii. The name of Baron Liebig, the great chemist, ...

The German chemist, Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), made major contributions to agricultural and organic chemistry, and is regarded as one of the greatest chemistry teachers of all time. In addition to ...

The Liebig Meat Extract Company no longer exists, but one of its products, the Oxo bouillon cube, developed in 1911, is still around, advertised in an ingenious fashion.

The site illustrates the whole process of meat sourcing, processing, packing and dispatching. It includes buildings and equipment of the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, which exported meat extract and ...

This article was originally published with the title “ How Liebig's Extract of Meat is Made ” in SA Supplements Vol. 33 No. 850supp (April 1892), p. 13584 doi:10.1038 ...

Fray Bentos is the original location of the main factory of the German-British Liebig Extract of Meat Company. Established in 1863, it produced meat extract, tinned beef and by-products. The factory ...

This led him to found the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, which eventually became OXO. Later, the substance that would become known as Marmite was developed using the same basic process.

The extract turned out to be a rather poor, and not particularly nutritious, alternative to meat – but the Liebig Extract of Meat Company did morph into Oxo, whose stock cubes find their way ...