Bouillon cubes and powders are the ultimate culinary cheat code for soup enthusiasts and flavor-seekers alike. But are they ...

Bouillon cubes were first invented in Switzerland at the start of the 20th century. The first creator, Julius Maggi, launched an instant soup powder that he had designed himself.

Fortified bouillon cubes could avert up to 16.6 million cases of anemia and up to 11,000 deaths from neural tube defects in Nigeria, according to a new report from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.