Lipton (brand)
Lipton is a tea and iced tea brand . It belongs to the Unilever group, which together with other brands such as PG Tips ( United Kingdom ), Beseda ( Russia ) and Brooke Bond ( India ), has a 15.5% share of tea sales worldwide. Lipton alone accounts for around 10% of this proportion.
history
Thomas Lipton sailed to Ceylon in 1890 in search of the best teas in the world and then founded his first company in London . In the late 19th century, Lipton already had 300 employees in London. In 1892 he opened his second business in Glasgow and opened around 150 sales branches in England.
Products
The main products of the products sold under the Lipton brand are:
- Lipton Yellow Label (since 1890). To date, tea is sold with this logo in 150 countries.
- In addition to the classic tea caddies, Lipton Tea also produces the tea brands Earl Gray, English Breakfast Tea, Mango-Peach Tea, Green Tea, mandarin, mint and chamomile in tetrahedral bag format . The Lipton tea "Earl Gray" in tea tins are now mainly sold in the catering sector .
- Lipton Iced Tea (since 1972), available in more than 60 countries through partnership with PepsiCo ; Lipton Sparkling Ice Tea .
Lipton Institute of Tea
In 1967 the Unilever Group founded the Institute for Lipton Tea in Bedfordshire , UK, which deals with product research and quality assurance. This facility enables tea to be studied in a controlled environment. Representative samples of tea from all over the world are grown.
criticism
In 2012, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China complained about high levels of toxins in a variety of Lipton teas. Unilever responded by clearing the shelves of all affected products. Greenpeace reported about it on their homepage.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website Lipton Institute of Tea ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Lipton tea laced with toxic pesticide residue on greenpeace.org, accessed January 4, 2014.
