Lipton

Lipton is a brand of tea and iced tea. It belongs to the Unilever Group, which with her and other brand, such as PG Tips (United Kingdom), Beseda (Russia) or Brooke Bond (India ), the world has a share of 15.5% on Teeverkauf. Alone Lipton makes of this share about 10 % of.

History

Thomas Lipton sailed in 1890 in search of the best teas in the world to Ceylon and then founded his first company in London. In the late 19th century, Lipton had 300 employees in London. In 1892 he opened his second operation in Glasgow and gave around 150 sales outlets in England.

Products

The main products of the products marketed under the brand Lipton products are:

• Lipton Yellow Label (since 1890). This logo is sold to tea today in 150 countries.
• Lipton tea produced in addition to the classic tea caddies in the tetrahedral bag format the tea brands Earl Grey, English Breakfast Tea, Mango Peach Tea, Green Tea mandarin, mint and chamomile. The Lipton tea " Earl Grey" in tea caddies are now distributed mainly in the catering area.
• Lipton iced tea (since 1972). Available in more than 60 countries through cooperation with PepsiCo.

Lipton Institute of Tea

In 1967, the Unilever Group founded the Institute for Lipton Tea in Bedfordshire, UK, which is engaged in the product research and quality assurance. This facility allows tea in a controlled environment to study. There are cultivated representative samples of tea from around the world.

Criticism

In 2012, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China had objected to a high concentration of toxins in a variety of Lipton teas. Unilever responded by vacating the shelves of all affected products. Greenpeace reported it on its website.