page_title: Lea & Perrins
section_title: Worcestershire sauce
hierarchical_section_title: Lea & Perrins / Worcestershire sauce
caption_attribution_description: File name: 10_03_000008a Binder label: Food Title: Lea &amp; Perrins' Sauce [front] Created/Published: N. Y.&#160;: Donaldson Brothers Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print&#160;: chromolithograph&#160;; 15 x 10 cm. Genre: Advertising cards Subject: Condiments; Men; Fruit Notes: Title from item. Statement of responsibility: John Duncan's Sons Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: No known restrictions.
context_page_description: Lea & Perrins is a United Kingdom based subsidiary of Kraft Heinz, originating in Worcester, England, where it continues to operate.
  It is best known as the maker of Lea & Perrins brand of Worcestershire sauce, which was first sold in 1837 by John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, dispensing chemists from Broad Street, Worcester. It was inspired by Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys who had served in Bengal and tasted a fish sauce there which he asked them to recreate but ended up putrid until it lay fermenting for three years. It is currently produced in the Midland Road factory in Worcester that Lea and Perrins built. A subsidiary in Pittsburgh manufactures a US version of the recipe. The sauce was first imported to the United States by the Duncan family of New York in 1839 which continued involvement for over a hundred years.
context_section_description: Worcestershire Sauce is currently produced at the Midland Road factory in Worcester that Lea and Perrins built. Midland Road was named after the Midland Railway, the factory originally having rail sidings to provide raw materials and distribution.
  Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce UK and US recipes differ slightly in that the UK recipe uses malt vinegar while the US version uses distilled white vinegar. Also, the US version used high fructose corn syrup until 2011 when they reverted to sugar due to health concerns. The UK version has always used sugar. The UK version is sold in Australia and Canada. Lea & Perrins uses a distinctive paper wrapper for the version sold in the United States. In the UK, the bottle is well known to consumers for both its shape and the orange and black label.
  The precise recipe has been a secret, but an original 19th-century list of ingredients 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.
caption: American trade card for the sauce, about 1870 - 1900, showing the orange label as discussed.
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