Meat extract
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Meat extract is highly concentrated meat stock, usually made from beef or chicken. It is used to add meat flavor in cooking, and to make broth for soups and other liquid-based foods.
Stock cubes, the most common type of meat extract
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 n
Meat extract
…to afford the real thing. However, it took 30 kg of meat to produce 1 kg of extract, making the extract too expensive. Liebig went on to co-found the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, (later Oxo), in London whose factory, opened in 1865 in Fray Bentos, a port in Uruguay, took advantage of meat from cattle being raised for their hides…
Italian Advertising for Liebig's Extract of Meat, c. 1900
French Advertising for Liebig's Extract of Meat, c. 1900
Barrio Obrero Anglo (workers neighbourhood)
Oxo Tower, London