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The Newfoundland Butter Company founded by Sir John Chalker Crosbie〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Junior Achievement, Business Hall of Fame list of Inductees )〕 in 1925 was one of three〔''Volume four, p. 168, Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', ISBN 0-9693422-1-7.〕 oleomargarine manufacturing firms established in Newfoundland during the early 20th century. Oleomargarine or margarine manufacturing plants which used beef fat and lard as main ingredients were established as an inexpensive alternative to butter manufacture which traditional used dairy products. With the expertise of George Ehlers, a Danish chemist, the Crosbie family had grown the firm into the largest margarine manufacturing firm in Newfoundland.〔 The Newfoundland Butter Company through acquisition and merger over the years with the other two manufacturing plants was eventually sold to Lever Brothers of England in 1938 and became a subsidiary of Lever Brothers of Canada.〔''Volume four, p. 169, Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', ISBN 0-9693422-1-7.〕 To reflect the product of manufacture the company name was changed in 1950 to The Newfoundland Margarine Company Limited.〔 ==History== Oleomargarine was invented by a French chemist in 1869, which uses a variety of soluble and insoluble ingredients which quickly became an alternative to butter. Soon after its invention it came under regulation, to protect the dairy industry where taxes were levied on yellow margarine and in some countries an outright ban on its sale.〔 Newfoundland did not have a strong dairy industry at the turn of the 19th century and subsequently embraced the production of margarine. Then in 1883, under the direction of Robert A. Brehm, Harvey and Company started the first margarine manufacturing plant.〔 This plant used fish and seal oils in its production. Brehm had left Harvey and Company shortly thereafter and started a second manufacturing plant under the name Hearn and Company which he eventually renamed Brehm Manufacturing Company after the death of his partners. 〔 A third manufacturing plant was opened on LeMarchant Road, St. John’s by John Chalker Crosbie in 1925. They had hired the expertise of a Danish chemist George Ehlers in its manufacture. Within a short time this firm had taken a leading role in the production of margarine for the country. The product was sold in wooden tubs under the brands of ''Golden Spread'' and ''Silver Spread''. The original two companies, Harvey and Company and Brehm Manufacturing Company had amalgamated in 1932 and sold their plant to Lever Brothers of England under Unilever Limited in 1937.〔 Then in 1938 the Newfoundland Butter Company was sold to the Lever Brothers. Then only one plant remained in existence, The Newfoundland Butter Company on LeMarchant Road. The name was eventually changed to Newfoundland Margarine Company Limited in 1950.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newfoundland Margarine Company Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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