Liebig Company 1865 - 1968
- occupation:
- Manufacturer of meat extract, Meat producer
1840 - Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), the German organic chemist, develops meat extract as a product;
1865 - company founded by Liebig to manufacturer meat extract;
1873 - began producing Fray Bentos tinned corned beef in Uruguay;
1899 - Oxo beef extract introsduced
1924 - company acquired by the Vestey Group and factory renamed El Anglo
1968 - Liebig merged with Brooke Bond to form Brooke Bond Oxo
1984 - Brooke Bond acquired by Unilever