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Why did Georg Giebert produce Liebig’s extract of meat in South America and Australia?
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Justus, baron von Liebig
Justus von Liebig, photograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1868.
Georg Giebert produced Liebig’s extract of meat in South America and Australia because those regions offered a highly economical source of raw materials. In these areas, cattle were routinely slaughtered primarily for their hides or tallow, leaving the meat as an abundant, underutilized byproduct.1
By utilizing this surplus, Giebert was able to manufacture the extract efficiently, which Liebig promoted as a valuable restorative for the sick, wounded, and laboring classes.1