Liebig's Extract of Meat Company

Memorial trading card commemorating Freiherr von Liebig, from Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
French Advertising for Liebig's Extract of Meat, c. 1900
Italian Advertising for Liebig's Extract of Meat, c. 1900

Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, established in the United Kingdom, was the producer of LEMCO brand Liebig's Extract of Meat and the originator of Oxo meat extracts and Oxo beef stock cubes. It was named after Justus Freiherr von Liebig, the 19th-century German organic chemist who developed and promoted a method for industrial production of beef extract.[1]

  1. ^ Cansler, Clay (Fall 2013). "Where's the Beef?". Chemical Heritage Magazine. 31 (3). Retrieved 26 May 2024.