- The Burger Booster !!
- Since 1835, LEA & PERRINS has been the only truly authentic brand of Worcestershire Sauce.
- Excellent on Steaks and Nothing Better for a Bloody Mary !!
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Vinegar, Molasses, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Anchovies, Water, Onions, Salt, Garlic, Tamarind Concentrate, Cloves, Natural Flavorings, Chili Pepper Extract.
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Vinegar, Molasses, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Anchovies, Water, Onions, Salt, Garlic, Tamarind Concentrate, Cloves, Natural Flavorings, Chili Pepper Extract.
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Actual product packaging and materials may contain more and different information than what is shown on our website. We recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product. Please see our full disclaimer below.
Product Description
Since 1835, LEA & PERRINS has been the only truly authentic brand of Worcestershire Sauce. With its distinctive blend of spices from around the world, it makes for a tangy, robust meat marinade. From just a handful of ingredients including, of course, a secret one, the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce we find gracing our tables today has hardly changed from the original blend, which first matured in 1835. The full recipe has been kept hidden for over 160 years. Only 3 or 4 people at a time know what that special secret ingredient that gives it that extra kick is. Developed by chemists Mr Lea and Mr Perrins, they passed the knowledge to their two sons. They in turn passed it on to a select few. Following the Second World War, it was decided that no one person should be aware of the whole secret so it was broken up. They even gave the ingredients code names to secure the secret further! To this day, that entire recipe is still a mystery.
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32 of 38 people found the following review helpful
The above delightful reviews are sadly recalling a different product. The Lea & Perrins that is sold in the US now uses high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar (which is what is still in the UK version.) This may not matter to some but it definitely detracts from the authentic clean spicy taste by making it more sickly sweet which the original is not. It really becomes apparent in Bloody Mary's and also in scrambled eggs or toasted cheese (Welsh Rarebit.) Bring a bottle back from the UK and compare the difference. A pity because it must mean only a cent or so difference in the manufacturing cost.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Frankly, this isn't worth the bottle it's put in. Heinz have really screwed the pooch on a wonderful, traditional product. Not only were the sugars replaced by HFCS, but the wonderful malt vinegar has been substituted with a more generic (read: cheaper) distilled vinegar. These two things alone result in a product that not only lacks the subtlety and spice of the original, but one that leaves a nasty, cloying aftertaste. I'n not even going to get into the potential health risks of HFCS--if the stuff tasted good, I probably wouldn't care, considering the small amount used. But, it does NOT taste good, and as a life-long Lea & Perrins devotee, I feel completely ripped off by Heinz's cost-cutting measures. Maybe some people can't tell the difference, but I'm betting a lot more can.
My question to Heinz would be, why the hell buy a company, just to completely ruin up its flagship product? Or, is it that they didn't want competition for their third-rate "Worcestershire sauce?" Now that I think about it, the new L&P tastes a lot like the rubbish in the Heinz bottle. Maybe one and the same? Gak.
Fortunately, as others have mentioned, you can still get something that more closely resembles the real thing from both Europe and Canada. Do your homework. It's worth the couple extra pence to get the real thing.
My question to Heinz would be, why the hell buy a company, just to completely ruin up its flagship product? Or, is it that they didn't want competition for their third-rate "Worcestershire sauce?" Now that I think about it, the new L&P tastes a lot like the rubbish in the Heinz bottle. Maybe one and the same? Gak.
Fortunately, as others have mentioned, you can still get something that more closely resembles the real thing from both Europe and Canada. Do your homework. It's worth the couple extra pence to get the real thing.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
HFCS - High Fructose Corn Syrup - is processed differently by your body than sugar and is considerably worse. Do not trust the propaganda of the subsidized Big Ag in America for your truthful info on food.
You can get an organic version from Annie's.
You can get an organic version from Annie's.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
No more HFCS!
They've reformulated their product and the high-fructose corn syrup was replaced with real sugar. I compared several bottles at the store and this one had the most natural... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lindsey Olson
They've RUINED IT!!!
I've been buying and enjoying L&P Worcestershire Sauce for 30+ years. Now they've changed the recipe, it doesn't look or taste anything like the old product. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Joe Smith
"Original"? Hardly
The true "original" is the UK version, which contains malt vinegar and spirit vinegar. This product is the US version, which contains distilled white vinegar instead. Read more
Published 7 months ago by John S. Ryan
NOT the "original" L&P at all - this version contains HFCS
As other reviewers have noted, this version of Lea & Perrins' "original" Worcestershire sauce is far from the traditional recipe that's been used since 1838. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Indolent
Disappointing ingredients
While this kind does have high fructose corn syrup, Lea & Perrins offers an "all natural" variety which does not. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Christine
The original is available
I've always avoided the Lea&Perrins brand due to using hfcs but today I was in the store and I was happy to find Lea&Perrins "all natural" it uses sugar instead. Read more
Published 16 months ago by NeoGeo
Don't be fooled by the low rating
The people giving this a low rating are rating it based on ONE INGREDIENT, not the product itself. Look up some of their other reviews, they're for all the Lea & Perrins sauce,... Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Allen
High fructose corn syrup
I had always bought Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce because I thought it was the original and the best. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Fred
Not the real product we knew as kids
The american and european (UK, Canada, etc) market products are very different. Heinz messed things up for us americans by replacing genuine sugar and molasses with "high fructose... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Magiclander
NOT the real Worcestershire Sauce
Despite being sold under the same label, the Lea & Perrins available in the U.S. is NOT the real thing - as others have noted, it contains high fructose corn syrup. Read more
Published on May 24, 2009 by heckle
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