Plochman's is an American
brand
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of
mustard
Mustard may refer to:
Food and plants
* Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment
* Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment
** Mustard seed, seeds of the mustard p ...
that is made by the Plochman, Inc., company based in
Manteno, Illinois
Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,204 at the 2010 census, up from 6,414 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Origins ...
. It is most recognized by its
barrel shaped bottle.
Founded in 1852 as Premium Mustard Mills in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, it was later acquired by Moritz Plochman (a trained chemist and emigrant from
Württemberg
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Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
). In 1957 it began selling mustard in the now famous yellow squeeze barrel. It was the first successful squeeze
condiment
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in the United States. Still based in the Chicago area, Plochman's is one of the top five brands of mustard in the United States. Plochman's sell a variety of mustard condiments from classic American yellow, stone ground, spicy,
Dijon
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, beer, Kosciusko,
horseradish
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, and even
Cuba
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n and sweet
fig
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.
Company website: Products
/ref> Plochman's motto is "the true Mustard Lover's Mustard".
See also
* List of mustard brands
Mustard is a condiment made from the mustard seeds from one of three varieties of mustard plant: ''Sinapis alba'', white mustard (also known as yellow mustard); ''Brassica juncea'', brown mustard; or ''Brassica nigra'', black mustard. The whole, ...
*
References
External links
Company website
Brand name condiments
Mustard brands
History of Chicago
Companies based in Kankakee County, Illinois
American brands
1852 establishments in Illinois
Condiment companies of the United States
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