# What's saltier canned anchovies or Marmite?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-saltier-canned-anchovies-or-marmite/329445
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 4, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-saltier-canned-anchovies-or-marmite/329445 "2005-11-04T06:53:23Z")
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-saltier-canned-anchovies-or-marmite/329445/1 "2005-11-04T06:53:23Z")
I had some anchovies tonight in a salad and boy are they salty! I had some Marmite last year and it was plenty salty too. Which is saltier?
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### Author:  [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-saltier-canned-anchovies-or-marmite/329445/2 "2005-11-04T12:43:19Z")
Anchovies packed in oil or in salt? I’m doing a little taste test now (on Polish rye bread). I’d say per gram, Marmite. Nasty stuff, though - I don’t see how my wife prefers it to Vegemite.
If you’re after the meatiness of anchovy and want to cut down on the salt a bit, you cn soak them in milk for a while, then rinse them.
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-saltier-canned-anchovies-or-marmite/329445/3 "2005-11-04T17:20:31Z")
Just had the pleasure of using canned Anchovies in olive oil and salt for the first time two weeks ago. They are far less salty than Marmite. I immagine to use Anchovies that are canned in salt allone you would rinse them first so I doubt even they would be as salty as marmite.
Off websites I see Salted Anchovies listed as 1.039 g Sodium per ounce, Marmite listed as 1.229 g Sodium per ounce.