Lea & Perrins
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Lea & Perrins is a United Kingdom based food division of the H.J. Heinz Company, originating in Worcester, England, with a subsidiary in the United States which manufactures Lea & Perrins (Which are based on authentic Indian recipes) in New Jersey. Lea & Perrins was part of the HP Foods company that was bought by Heinz from previous owner Danone in 2005.
It is best known as the maker of Lea & Perrins brand of Worcestershire sauce,[1] which was first sold in 1838 by John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins,[2] dispensing chemists from Broad Street, Worcester.
In 2005, an advertising campaign was launched for Perrins, and helped the brand achieve its best performance for a number of years. The campaign featured quick tips for using Lea & Perrins, captured using memorable language — adding it to a classic British takeaway of fish and chips became "splish and chips"; likewise, bangers and mash became "bangers and splash". A website, splishme.com[3] was also launched to support the campaign, and encourage people to share their handy hints and cooking tips, as well as different ways of "splishing" and "splashing" Lea & Perrins.
[edit] Worcestershire sauce
Worcestershire Sauce is currently produced from the Midland Road factory in Worcester that Lea and Perrins built. Midland Road being named after the Midland Railway, the factory originally having rail sidings to provide raw material and distribution.
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce British and American recipes differ slightly in that the British recipe uses malt vinegar while the American version uses distilled white vinegar, giving the British version a slightly deeper flavour.[citation needed] Also, the American version used HFCS until 2011 when they went back to sugar due to the health concerns of HFCS, while the British version always used sugar. The British version is sold in Canada.[4] Lea & Perrins uses a distinctive paper wrapper for the version sold in the United States. In the UK, the iconic bottle is well known to consumers for both its shape, and also the orange and black label.
The precise recipe has been a secret, but an original recipe was found in a skip at the factory in 2009 and includes vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions and garlic as well as some other key ingredients which may include cloves, soy sauce, lemons, pickles and peppers.[5] [6]
Coordinates: 52°11′25″N 2°12′33″W / 52.1902°N 2.2092°W
[edit] References
- ^ Lea & Perrins — The Original Worcestershire Sauce — 10 oz, Amazon.com.
- ^ Worcester Source, BirminghamUK.com, UK.
- ^ splishme.com, Lea & Perrins, UK.
- ^ Lea & Perrins, Canada.
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1224736/Original-Lea-Perrins-Worcestershire-Sauce-recipe-skip.html#ixzz1CGEPIKGR Daily Mail
- ^ Fay Schlesinger, It's out after 170 years, the secret of Worcestershire Sauce... found in a skip, Daily Mail, 3 November 2009.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Lea & Perrins global website
- Lea & Perrins 'Unwrap The Possibilities' US website
- Lea & Perrins Kitchen — Philippines website
- Lea & Perrins Steak confit on YouTube
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