Marmalade small sweet and preserves shop in the Seagate area of Dundee. In 1797, they opened a factory to produce "Dundee Marmalade", a preserve distinguished by thick chunks of bitter Seville orange rind. The business prospered, and remains a signature marmalade producer today. According to a Scottish legend, the creation of orange marmalade in Britain occurred by accident. The legend tells of a ship carrying a cargo of oranges that broke down in the port of Dundee, resulting in some ingenious locals making marmalade out of the cargo. Paddington Bear, a fictional character in children's literature, is renowned for his liking
Keiller's marmalade the peel to the marmalade which are the signature of Seville orange marmalades to this day. The Keillers adapted an existing recipe for mass manufacture, which had been made with quince by adding the characteristic rind suspended in the preserve. The first commercial brand of marmalade, along with the world's first marmalade plant, was founded in 1797. In 1828, the company became "James Keiller and Son", when James junior joined the business In 1859 the company set up a factory in Guernsey in order to avoid the sugar tax charged on the mainland and with a view to eventually expanding