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Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Gingerbread Cookies. What is Marmite? The yeast extract became so popular the Burton factory could not keep up, so the company converted a former brewery in Vauxhall in London into a second plant. The smell from the site was said by one resident to be "disgusting" although the tangy whiff of Marmite-making is no longer an issue as the factory closed in the s. Today, the Marmite plant in Burton produces about 50 million jars a year, most of which are consumed domestically.
While beloved of Brits - if not those who live within smelling distance of its production - the brand is not so popular in other parts of the world. In , Marmite was banned in Denmark because it fell foul of the country's law restricting products fortified with added vitamins. It can be almost impossible to find on the shelves of many foreign countries' shops, and has been named as one of the top food items British people take abroad with them.
In , as Marmite entered its third century of dividing opinion, the brand, which had been bought by CPC International Inc, merged with international goods supplier Unilever.
But despite its status as being part of a vast multinational company's portfolio, even today this most British of products is still made in Burton. Residents remained so proud of the spread that in a monument, nicknamed the "Monumite", was put up in the centre of the town , making Marmite quite literally an iconic product. The Australian product Vegemite is distributed in many countries, and AussieMite is sold in Australia.
Marmite is traditionally eaten as a savoury spread on bread, toast , savoury biscuits or crackers , and other similar baked products.
Owing to its concentrated taste it is often spread thinly with butter or margarine. Marmite is paired with cheese, such as in a cheese sandwich , and has been used as an additional flavouring in Mini Cheddars , a cheese-flavoured biscuit snack.
Similarly, it is one of Walkers Crisps flavours; is sold as a flavouring on rice cakes; and Marmite Biscuits. Starbucks in the UK has a cheese and Marmite panini on its menu. In New Zealand, Sanitarium , the NZ Marmite company, recommends spreading it on bread with potato chips added to make a "Marmite and Chippie" sandwich.
In Malaysia, Marmite has been used for cooking with chicken, prawns or crab. Marmite has been used as an ingredient in cocktails, including the Marmite Cocktail and the Marmite Gold Rush. While the process is secret, the general method for making yeast extract on a commercial scale is to add salt to a suspension of yeast, making the solution hypertonic , which leads to the cells shrivelling up; this triggers " autolysis ", in which the yeast self-destructs.
The dying yeast cells are then heated to complete their breakdown, and since yeast cells have thick cell walls which would detract from the smoothness of the end product, the husks are sieved out. As with other yeast extracts , Marmite contains free glutamic acids , which are analogous to monosodium glutamate. Today, the main ingredients of Marmite manufactured in the UK are glutamic acid -rich yeast extract , with lesser quantities of sodium chloride , vegetable extract, spice extracts and celery extracts, although the precise composition is a trade secret.
The sodium content of the spread is high and has caused concern, although it is the amount per serving rather than the percentage in bulk Marmite that is relevant. The main ingredient of Marmite is yeast extract , which contains a high concentration of glutamic acid. Marmite made in the United Kingdom and exported to several countries is believed to be gluten free Template:By whom. Marmite should be avoided if a person takes a MAOI antidepressant, such as phenelzine Nardil or tranylcypromine Parnate , as yeast extracts interact negatively with these types of medications due to their tyramine content.
Marmite today is fortified with added vitamins, resulting in it being banned temporarily in Denmark, which disallows foodstuffs that have been fortified until they have undergone necessary testing. Marmite's publicity campaigns initially emphasised the spread's healthy nature, extolling it as "The growing up spread you never grow out of.
Soon afterwards, the rising awareness of vitamins was used in Marmite advertising, with slogans proclaiming that "A small quantity added to the daily diet will ensure you and your family are taking sufficient vitamin B to keep nerves, brain, and digestion in proper working order.
During the s, the spread was advertised with the slogan "My mate, Marmite", chanted in television commercials by an army platoon.
Marmite launched a "Love it or Hate it" campaign in October , and this resulted in the coining of the phrase "Marmite effect" or "Marmite reaction" for anything which provoked strong and polarised feelings. As Unilever has the exclusive right to the Marmite name in the United Kingdom, and Sanitarium has the exclusive right to the name in Australia and New Zealand, their respective versions of Marmite must be sold under a different name in the other countries.
In Denmark , food safety legislation dictates that foodstuffs that contain added vitamins can only be sold by retailers which have been licensed by the Veterinary and Food Administration. In the Netherlands, Marmite g jar and g Squeeze jar are available in most supermarkets and some tiny grocery stores.
In November , Sanitarium shut down the sole production line of New Zealand Marmite at its Christchurch factory after a cooling tower at the factory was deemed unsafe, having cracked in the 22 February Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks. On 19 March , the company announced that its own stocks of Marmite had run out and the production line was not expected to be running again until July.
Some supermarkets reported at the time they had already run out of stock, and there was only a few weeks of stock left in their distribution centres, leading to the dubbing of Marmite as "black gold" and the crisis as "Marmageddon". In June , it was announced that additional structural damage had been uncovered at the factory, and the proposed July return to production was rescheduled to October.
Sanitarium announced in February that production had restarted and the factory was in the process of building up stock ready for the return. Marmite returned to New Zealand retailers effective midnight on 20 March , although only the g jar size was initially available and many supermarkets imposed a limit of two jars per customer per day to promote fairness and prevent bulk buying.
The return to overseas retailers is on now that the New Zealand supply and demand has settled. On 24 January , the Canadian Food Inspection Agency was noted, in a CBC story, as moving to stop the sale of Marmite, as well as Vegemite and Ovaltine , in Canada because they were enriched with vitamins and minerals which were not listed in Canadian food regulations.
Marmite is a dark brown, sticky paste with a powerful salty flavour. Some people adore it; others find it absolutely revolting. There seems to be no middle ground. Full disclosure: I love the stuff. We have 19th-century German scientist Justus von Liebig to thank, or curse, for the existence of Marmite. In , the Marmite Food Extract Company in that noble town set out to make, bottle, and sell a yeast extract spread. By happy coincidence, Burton was a beer-brewing centre, with more than 30 such establishments in action in So, the Marmite people had a plentiful supply of raw material for their concoction.
According to the BBC :. The manufacturers keep the production method secret but some pointy-headed folk have figured out the general principles. The Marmite Company spent a couple of years perfecting their product before unleashing it on the unsuspecting British public. By , the demand from connoisseurs of the gustatory arts was such that the Burton factory could not produce enough to satisfy demand.
A second plant was opened in south London. The smell from the factory was disgusting! People living close by applied to have their rates municipal taxes reduced because of the stench they failed of course.
Needless to say, the Marmite haters would never admit that the product helped Britain win World War One. However, there was a problem of thiamine B1 deficiency among soldiers causing beri-beri, creating a swift heartbeat, shortness of breath, and swollen legs.
So, the catering corps started shovelling Marmite into the lads in the trenches so they were fit enough to go over the top and get mowed down by the withering fire of German machine-guns.
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