Is there anyone who has not had instant soup? So who invented this ready-to-eat and quick-to-go type of food? When and where did Maggi appear? Here is the success story of Julius Maggi, who gave the instant soup its name:
In 1884, a German miller named Julius Maggi noticed that diseases arose among the workers due to malnutrition. It develops a new product to eliminate this problem by ensuring that they get enough nutrients throughout the day. This product is a nutritious instant soup prepared by mixing with water. After producing instant soup in 1884, Maggi stepped into the sector in 1886 by producing instant instant soup in powder form as liquid. This invention will soon be followed by bouillons in liquid and cube form.
Julius Michael Jonannes Maggi was the son of an immigrant family from Italy who had gone to work in Switzerland. He was the youngest of 5 siblings. He was born on October 9, 1846 in Switzerland. His father owned a flour mill near Winterthur and Julius took over the mill in 1869 at the age of 23. But at that time, millers in Switzerland were experiencing serious unemployment. Julius Maggi began to look for new business areas.
Julius Maggi invented instant soup in 1884. At that time, women were entering the workforce in Switzerland, and when they returned home, they didn't have much time to cook. Therefore, instant soups were adopted in a short time.
In 1887, the Maggi instant soup company went international. Bottling plants were established in Austria and Germany. Its branch in France was not initially successful. But then his business opened up and he moved to Paris with his family two years later. By 1912 he was selling over 1,000,000 liters of milk each week and was awarded the Legion d'honneur for reducing disease in schoolchildren.
Julius Maggi died of a heart attack in 1912 at the age of 66.
In 1947, the Maggi brand was acquired by the world-famous Nestle Foods.