Oxo is a brand of various food products, consisting of stock cubes, herbs and spices, dried gravy, and yeast extract. In the United Kingdom, Oxo products are manufactured by Premier Foods. In South Africa, the Oxo brand is owned and manufactured by Mars, Incorporated.In the UK, Oxo was owned by Van den Bergh Foods Ltd until May 2001, part of Unilever Bestfoods Ltd, when the Batchelors soup brand (based in Ashford, Kent) was also sold to Campbells to allow Unilever to buy Bestfoods. The best known flavour of stock cube is the original beef cube, but now, in addition to beef, Oxo produces chicken and ethnic flavoured cubes, e.g. Chinese Recipe and Indian Recipe. The cubes are broken up and used as flavouring in meals or gravy or dissolved into boiling water to make a hot drink.
