# I tried Marmite **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235 "2008-03-05T21:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/21 "2008-03-06T01:15:55Z")
5 hours later, I’m almost to the last of this 125g jar… must have more… I’ve been eating it on and off all day. I’ll binge a bit and think no, I can’t possibly have anymore. Then sure enough, an hour later, my appetite’s returned and there’s still enough left for another binge. It’s kind of like when I discovered internet porn. Can’t wait until tomorrow morning when I try it with my favorite breakfast, boiled eggs on toast with sriracha pepper sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/22 "2008-03-06T01:29:59Z")
I just discovered Marmite has a 1 kilogram tub available!! It’s not as good as my 2.5 kg vegemite tub, but it’s a start. Kiwi marmite was definitely too sweet for me. English Marmite isn’t. But vegemite stays on the knife better. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/23 "2008-03-06T01:46:09Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I _like_ natto, and I think vegemite and marmite are slightly different formulations of demon smegma. [/QUOTE] Here’s my problem with vegemite/marmite/promite/dustmite: It smells like brewer’s yeast pills. And I’ve tasted brewer’s yeast pills. They’re … unpleasant. The only way I can take brewer’s yeast is in beer, where it belongs. Here’s my problem with natto: [This.](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000169.php) If not marmite, then _this_ is enough for me to question _anyone’s_ gustatory credibility. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/24 "2008-03-06T02:06:16Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Here’s my problem with vegemite/marmite/promite/dustmite: It smells like brewer’s yeast pills. And I’ve tasted brewer’s yeast pills. They’re … unpleasant. The only way I can take brewer’s yeast is in beer, where it belongs. Here’s my problem with natto: [This.](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000169.php) If not marmite, then _this_ is enough for me to question _anyone’s_ gustatory credibility. [/QUOTE] Oh no! Now I’m going to spend the next forever reading these. That was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/25 "2008-03-06T02:48:59Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I like marmite. I rank it ahead of vegemite by a whisker, actually. But right now I’m out of it. I’ve got to get some more. I’ve got lots of vegemite, and also some promite somewhere. But I still needs me more marmite. The 500 gram jar is a better deal. Oh, and I don’t care nearly so much for the kiwi version. Sorry guys, but it’s english marmite for me. [/QUOTE] When Vegemite was first released, it attempted to compete with the then-well established dominant spread in the field, Marmite, by calling itself Pawill. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/26 "2008-03-06T03:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=Askance] calling itself Pawill. [/QUOTE] That’s Parwill! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/27 "2008-03-06T03:08:56Z")
You can actually buy it around here in the supermarket gourmet British foods sections (usually about 5 inches tall by 3 inches wide almost like the leaflets on Jewish sports legends). I tried to learn to like Marmite for a while a mostly succeeded. I am not a picky eater, however but I even craved it once or twice during my stunt but it isn’t something I would ever pass off on unsuspecting friends of family members. You have to be mentally prepared for that stuff to know what you are getting into. A female friend and I once slipped a jar into a bar/restaurant’s condiments rack as a joke. I am not sure whatever became of that but I never saw anything about it on the news. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/28 "2008-03-06T04:15:57Z")
Has anyone tried Vegex? ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/29 "2008-03-06T08:40:41Z")
I was going to dispute the ‘sweet’ label for NZ Marmite but, holy hidden numbers Batman - 0.6 grams of sugar per 5g serve. That’s over 10%! Ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/30 "2008-03-06T09:59:25Z")
Legend has it that all the ‘mite’ products, Vegemite, Marmite and Promite originated as by-products of the beer-brewing industry. Apparently (and I’ll let someone else find out if this is true or not) the factory workers in the breweries found the black, tar-like sludge and muck at the bottom of the barrels after fermentation quite _tasty_, AND found they suffered fewer hangovers and alcohol-related illnesses when great black gobs of the stuff were swallowed after a night on the piss. Full of all the B Complex vitamins and puts a rose in every cheek too! 😛 Of course, I’m an Aussie, so it’s only Vegemite for me. Marmite and Promite are far too sweet and cloying for my liking. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/31 "2008-03-06T10:11:06Z")
Just to clarify - **Marmite** in the UK is a trademark of Unilever. **Marmite** in NZ is a trademark of Sanitarium, and produced with a different recipe. When NZ **Marmite** is shipped overseas, to prevent trademark issues it is labelled **Promite**. Got to love that Kiwi marmite. I keep looking for a classic marmite ad from NZ, where small marmite men crawl out of the jar and play rugby (All Black linkup) on the kitchen table, to the amusement of a little boy eating his marmite toast. Great ad. Si ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/32 "2008-03-06T10:26:22Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] Legend has it that all the ‘mite’ products, Vegemite, Marmite and Promite originated as by-products of the beer-brewing industry. Apparently (and I’ll let someone else find out if this is true or not) the factory workers in the breweries found the black, tar-like sludge and muck at the bottom of the barrels after fermentation quite _tasty_, AND found they suffered fewer hangovers and alcohol-related illnesses when great black gobs of the stuff were swallowed after a night on the piss. Full of all the B Complex vitamins and puts a rose in every cheek too! 😛 [/QUOTE] I’m not sure about the anecdote in the second paragraph, but yeast extract spreads are definitely a brewery by-product - arising out of late Victorian curiosity and experimentation with food ‘extracts’ - Bovril predates Marmite by a decade or two, but at around that time, I believe there were all sorts of different concentrated food products on offer. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/33 "2008-03-06T10:31:35Z")
Put a teaspoon in your next gravy (but don’t add any extra salt). I find Promite disgustingly sweet. Vegemite is good but too salty. In Malaysia, they make “Marmite crab”, an utterly delicious Marmite-based curry. Over here we can buy crackers, bagel bites, and potato chips, all flavored with Marmite, the God-king of weird savory beer byproduct spreads. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/34 "2008-03-06T11:25:47Z")
It makes a pretty awesome glaze for roast chicken too - thin some down with the tiniest drop of water, then brush it all over the skin. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/35 "2008-03-06T11:35:07Z")
Go away, you horrible people. You all smell. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/36 "2008-03-06T11:36:51Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Go away, you horrible people. You all smell. [/QUOTE] Hater. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/37 "2008-03-06T11:39:23Z")
Damn right. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/38 "2008-03-06T11:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Bovril predates Marmite by a decade or two, but at around that time, I believe there were all sorts of different concentrated food products on offer. [/QUOTE] mmmm Bovril. Nothing like a nice steaming mug of bovril when the brass monkeys are ball-less. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/39 "2008-03-06T11:52:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief] 00:50:00 My 125g jar of marmite is more than half consumed. [/QUOTE] Good god, man! I loooove Marmite, but the standard tiny jar lasts me half a year at least! Consuming that much salt in such a short time can’t be good for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/40 "2008-03-06T11:52:52Z")
In keeping with the Dope’s credo it must be pointed out that the discussed products won’t be found at the bottom -or top- of any brewer’s tuns,though autolysed yeast is a main ingredient . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235.md?page=3)