Liebig's Extract of Meat Company begins tinned corned beef at Fray Bentos
- When
- 1899
- Where
- Fray Bentos
- Episodes
- 1
The declared event concerns the start of tinned corned beef production at Fray Bentos, Uruguay, under the Fray Bentos label, with a legacy date of 1873. The retrieved passage attributes corned beef production there to Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay, a company originating from Lemco, beginning in 1899. The 1873 date appears to be a legacy placeholder and is not corroborated by the supplied passages, so the date discrepancy is flagged rather than resolved.
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Background and detail
Background. Fray Bentos is a city in south-western Uruguay near the Argentine border. Its port on the Uruguay River is significant. The city hosts an industrial complex known as Anglo, a World Heritage Site, famous for Fray Bentos pies. The Liebig Extract of Meat Company founded a plant there in 1863.
Production. In 1899, Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay, originating from Lemco, began making corned beef in Fray Bentos. This product was sold as Fray Bentos Corned Beef in the UK. Fifty years later, per the source's relative phrasing, the company diversified into soups, meatballs, and tinned fruit; the passage does not specify which entity diversified or the reference year for the fifty years.
Legacy. The former meat processing factory of the Liebig Extract of Meat Company now houses an Industrial Revolution Museum. It exhibits machinery used in meat and extract processes, including an 1893 water-pumping machine and a complete canning plant.
People involved
- Liebig Extract of Meat Company · Industrial Operator
- Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay · Corned Beef Producer
Sources
- Fray Bentos Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
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