Oxo Beef Cube

The best known stock cube made by Oxo is the beef flavoured one. These were first produced in 1910. Other varieties of stock cube made by Oxo include chicken, vegetable, Chinese and Indian varieties. These stock cubes were made by The Campbell Soup Company until 2006, when the company was sold to Premier Foods. Beef Oxo cubes are made by dehydrating stock and compressing it into a 15 mm cube. The main contents are dehydrated vegetable matter, meat stock, a small amount of solid fat such as hydrogenated oil, and a large proportion of salt (over 50%). Seasoning, including mono sodium glutamate are added to the mix before ...

The history of the OXO cube. The OXO cube was created by a German called Justus Liebig and he was a great pioneer of science. Liebig became and expert of chemistry and food classification. In 1840 Liebig developed a concentrated extract of meat to provide a substitute for the real thing for those who could not afford to buy real meat. Initially it was a form of liquid in a glass bottle. This became so successful that Liebig struggled to meet the demand. By 1865 this had reached England and was promoted as being invaluable for someone who was sick along with being a good thing to have in the kitchen. It wasn't until after Liebigs death that the product ...

Everyone likes to keep a variety of essential items in their food cupboard. One of my favourite essentials is the good old Oxo Cube. I always like to have some oxo to hand. Oxo is a concentrated meat extract which was invented by a German man called Justus Liebig in the 1840's. In 1908 oxo sponsored the London Olympics. When first invented oxo came in liquid form and it was not until 1910 that the first cubes were manufactured. During the first world war between 1914 and 1918 there were apparantly over 100 million oxo cubes sent to the British troops. I am sure some of you will remember the famous oxo advertising ...