Talk:Bouillon cube
Latest comment: 10 years ago by 76.10.128.192 in topic German invention
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Dehydrated broth edit
Stock cubes are not made of dehydrated broth. The main ingredients are Salt, Fat and hydrolytic modified protein (which is responsible for the "meaty" taste) plus flavour enhancer. Rainer Zenz, 87.185.111.154 (talk) 13:35, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
German invention edit
- Bouillon cube were invented in company Liebig's Extract of Meat Company. 188.96.181.140 (talk) 20:03, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- University Gießen: Die Geschichte von Liebigs Fleischextrakt : Zur populärsten Erfindung des berühmten Chemikers (german) (pdf-document) 188.96.181.140 (talk) 23:08, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- Not quite. Liebig invented meat extract, which is a viscous fluid, not dry like a bouillon cube. But dehydrated stock existed long before that -- see the new reference in the article. --Macrakis (talk) 01:36, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
- There also was a predecessor, Portable soup. 76.10.128.192 (talk) 17:36, 7 March 2014 (UTC)