Julius Maggi

Julius Maggi around 1900

Julius Michael Johannes Maggi (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, 9 October 1846 – Küsnacht, 19 October 1912) was a Swiss entrepreneur, inventor of precooked soups and Maggi sauce. He was the youngest of five children of Michael Maggi, an immigrant from Italy, and his Swiss wife Sophie. He died in 1912 after a stroke. He married twice and had four daughters and two sons. He may also have collaborated with Auguste Escoffier in the late 19th century and thus commercialized the stock cube (see the Maggi company).

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  Bill of the Fabrik von Maggi's Nahrungsmitteln AG, issued 12. July 1892; exposed by Julius Maggi
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  Share of the Fabrik von Maggi's Nahrungsmitteln AG, issued 25. August 1894; oldest known share of this company
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  Advertisement for Maggi 1903

See also

• Portable soup

References

• Hartmut Vinçon (editor), Frank Wedekinds Maggi-Zeit, Verlag Jürgen Häusser, Darmstadt 1995. ISBN 3-927902-71-3 (in German)
• Short biography on Nestlé website

• Monique Pivot, Maggi et la magie du Bouillon KUB, Editions Hoëbeke, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84230-114-5 (in French)