Liebig's Extract of Meat Company

Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFood processing
Founded1865
Founder
    • Justus von Liebig
    • George Christian Giebert
Headquarters,
ProductsMeat extract, tinned corned beef, Oxo cubes
ParentUnilever (formerly)

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.