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Worcestershire sauce

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Worcestershire sauce
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Summary

Worcestershire sauce ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,355 views/month, #245 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: John Wheeley Lea[2], William Henry Perrins[3]
  • Named after: Worcestershire[4]
  • Manufacturer: Lea & Perrins[5], Kraft Heinz[6]
  • Made from material: fish[7]
  • Subclass of: fish sauce[8], fermented food[9]
  • Commons category: Worcestershire sauce[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1830[11]

Why It Matters

Worcestershire sauce has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Kraft Heinz

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · JAn Dudík · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manufacturer → —
    Manufacturer → Lea & Perrins, Kraft Heinz
    Aliases → —
    Made from material → fish
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Made from material: soybean"
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