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25 May 2011, 7:31 am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink ... nmark.html

"The strongly flavoured dark brown spread made from brewer's yeast has joined Rice Crispies, Shreddies, Horlicks and Ovaltine prohibited in Denmark under legislation forbidding the sale of food products with added vitamins as threat to public health.

".... if they want to take my Marmite off me they'll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands.""

What do you think of Marmite. Love it? Hate it? Indifferent? Never heard of it?

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25 May 2011, 7:38 am

Seems like the Danish have gone quite illiberal about what people can eat over there the past couple of years. Add the gambling situation to that, too.

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25 May 2011, 7:39 am

Wow really? Amazing.

I might eat some now, I think there's a jar.

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25 May 2011, 8:22 am

we have it at the grocer's here but i've never been brave enough to try it. i don't want to buy a whole jar in case i find that i don't like it.

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25 May 2011, 8:26 am

hyperlexian wrote:

we have it at the grocer's here but i've never been brave enough to try it. i don't want to buy a whole jar in case i find that i don't like it.

They should sell taster pots of things in shops. I'd be way more experimental.

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25 May 2011, 8:29 am

I love it now for some reason! I didn't used to!

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25 May 2011, 8:50 am

hyperlexian wrote:

we have it at the grocer's here but i've never been brave enough to try it.

It's a very salty, black substance that's usually spread on toast.

The marketing slogan is "Marmite - love it or hate it". It's almost always that stark.

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25 May 2011, 8:56 am

Tequila wrote:

hyperlexian wrote:

we have it at the grocer's here but i've never been brave enough to try it.

It's a very salty, black substance that's usually spread on toast.

The marketing slogan is "Marmite - love it or hate it". It's almost always that stark.

salty? hmmmm interesting.

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25 May 2011, 9:00 am

I love it and eat it most days spread on hot buttered toast for breakfast.

Be warned though, if you do try it and little goes a very long way. Only put on a very thin layer, otherwise it tatse very strong and salty.

Does it mean that you just can't buy Marmite in Demark now or are you forbiden from even taking it in to the country now?

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25 May 2011, 10:08 am

hyperlexian wrote:

Tequila wrote:

hyperlexian wrote:

we have it at the grocer's here but i've never been brave enough to try it.

It's a very salty, black substance that's usually spread on toast.

The marketing slogan is "Marmite - love it or hate it". It's almost always that stark.

salty? hmmmm interesting.

Marmite is also a really good way of getting B vitamins into your diet. I used to add it to stews and casseroles. It kind of beefs things up, without the actual beef.

But yes, a little goes a long way.

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25 May 2011, 12:29 pm

I believe that marmite is some kind of waste substance from the brewing industry. Maybe it's possible to make a home made version.

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25 May 2011, 12:36 pm

I've never tried it, but it sounds gross.

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25 May 2011, 12:38 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

I've never tried it, but it sounds gross.

It's yummy and full of B vitamims, you should try it.

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25 May 2011, 12:38 pm

Could this just be the most brilliant marketing strategy ever? Get banned in a small market to stir up curiosity in larger, more profitable markets.

I've never heard of the stuff and now I want to try it.

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25 May 2011, 12:40 pm

Jacs wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

I've never tried it, but it sounds gross.

It's yummy and full of B vitamims, you should try it.

I think I'll pass.

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25 May 2011, 12:41 pm

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Ha, possibly. :lol:

Not sure how much interest Norwegians have in Marmite.

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