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Go Here for Marmite.Alan Brown writes on: Cultural variations in Marmite
From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.new-zealand
Subject: Re: Cultural variations in Marmite?
mcrae@husc7.harvard.edu (Andrew McRae) writes:
(The main differences between Marmite and Vegemite are that the latter is Australian and tastes awful.)
Careful - you're treading on almost religious issues here.
There are 3 types of yeast extract in NZ/Australia - vegemite, marmite and promite
They're basically all the same, BUT.
Speaking as somone brought up on vegemite, I find the difference between vege/marmite is that marmite has a more pronounced caramel taste. (That's what the colouring is, BTW)
Vegemite eaters will eat marmite at a pinch, but marmite eaters tend not to be able to stomach vegemite. Promite is a relatively recent introduction to me, and I've never met anyone who's eaten it as a kid. It leads to a wierd situation where we have 2 large jars of vegemite/marmite in the house, plus a small one of promite for occasional use.
One last thing. Due to a couple of recessive genes I can't taste bitter, so my perception may be skewed a bit. (Bitrex? What's that?)
(Favourite drink - bitters and tonic. LOTS of bitters...:-)
dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister) writes:
Following up on my own posts....
Ingredients:
- Vegemite: (Kraft General Foods NZ Ltd)
- Yeast extract, salt, malt extract, colour(caramel), vegetable flavours, vitamins (niacin, thiamine, riboflavin)
- Marmite: (Sanatarium Health Food Company, NZ)
- Yeast, sugar, salt, wheatgerm extract, mineral salt (508)
colour(caramel), herbs, spices, vitamins (niacin, thiamin, riboflavin)
It's also got a small note under the ingredients: "100% vegetarian" (but then, what do you expect from a company owned by the 7th Day Adventist church?)
- Promite: (Masterfoods of Australia)
- Vegetable protein extract, sugar, yeast, natural colour(caramel) salt, thickener (Wheat starch), emulsifier (Glycerol monostearate) spices, added vitamins, water
Alan Brown dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz
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