Editing Worcestershire sauce (section)

=== Lea & Perrins ===
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The [[Lea & Perrins]] brand was commercialised in 1837 and continues to be the leading global brand of Worcestershire sauce.<ref name=Heinz_Acq>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050816005517/en/Heinz-Acquires-Leading-Sauce-Brands-Including-Lea|title=Heinz Acquires Leading Sauce Brands, Including Lea & Perrins(R), From Groupe Danone for US$820 Million; Transaction Accelerates Growth in Global Condiments and Sauces|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en|archive-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225065027/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050816005517/en/Heinz-Acquires-Leading-Sauce-Brands-Including-Lea|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 16 October 1897, Lea & Perrins relocated manufacturing of the sauce from their pharmacy in Broad Street to a factory in the city of [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] on Midland Road, where it is still made. The factory produces ready-mixed bottles for domestic distribution and a concentrate for bottling abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spicy delight as our world-famous sauce is bottled in city again|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7859155.spicy-delight-as-our-world-famous-sauce-is-bottled-in-city-again/|access-date=2021-07-23|website=Worcester News|date=25 August 2006 |language=en|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723143823/https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7859155.spicy-delight-as-our-world-famous-sauce-is-bottled-in-city-again/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1930, the Lea & Perrins operation was purchased by [[HP Foods]], which was in turn acquired by the [[Imperial Tobacco]] Company in 1967.  HP was sold to [[Danone]] in 1988 and then to [[Heinz]] in 2005.

Some sizes of bottles sold by Lea & Perrins in the United States come packaged in dark glass with a beige label and wrapped in paper. Lea & Perrins USA explains this practice as a vestige of shipping practices from the 19th century, when the product was imported from England, as a measure of protection for the bottles.<ref>{{Citation | url=http://www.leaperrins.com/about-lea-perrins.aspx | title=About | publisher=Lea & Perrins | access-date=16 February 2010 | archive-date=21 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221005450/http://www.leaperrins.com/about-lea-perrins.aspx | url-status=live }}</ref> The producer also claims that its Worcestershire sauce is the oldest commercially bottled condiment in the U.S.<ref>{{Citation | title = History | url = http://www.leaperrins.com/history.aspx | publisher = Lea & Perrins | access-date = 5 March 2012 | archive-date = 9 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120309140206/http://www.leaperrins.com/history.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref>  The ingredients in the US version of Lea & Perrins also differ somewhat, in that the US version (which include distilled white vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onions, anchovies, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, and chili pepper extract<ref>[https://www.kraftheinzawayfromhome.com/products/10051600003011-the-original-worcestershire-sauce Lea & Perrins, The Original Worcestershire Sauce, Product Information]</ref>) replaces the malt vinegar used by the UK and Canadian versions with [[spirit vinegar]].<ref name="Sprucestershire">
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      | title=The Interesting Origin and History of Worcestershire Sauce
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      | archive-date=21 December 2022
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