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The correct name for a large pot usually with legs with a lid for cooking and holding soup. Now more commonly known as a brand of savoury spread made from a by-product of the beer brewing process, the yeast extract Marmite is a popular UK sandwich and toast spread similar to Australia's Vegemite and Switzerland's Cenovis. 
IntroductionThe Marmite Food Extract Company was formed in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in 1902. Marmite is a rich source of the vitamin B complex; vitamin B12 is not naturally found in yeast extract, but is added to Marmite during manufacture. Advertised variously as "The Growing Up Spread" and "My Mate, Marmite", Marmite tends to be an acquired taste, with no middle ground. It is the food item most commonly missed and imported by British expatriates in other countries. People tend to love it or hate it, and this was used as a major advertising campaign for the company. Two websites have been set up where either camp are invited to leave their comments: I love Marmite (http://www.ilovemarmite.com/) and I hate Marmite (http://www.ihatemarmite.com/). The snack food Twiglets is flavoured with a substance resembling Marmite. The spread is packaged in a distinctive bulbous brown glass jar. The shape is meant to resemble a cooking pot, for which the French word is la marmite; the label has a picture of the cooking pot. An occasional surreal sight on British roads is a large tanker lorry (presumably taking yeast to the factory) with the round end of the tank painted to resemble the Marmite jar and label. A common mistake made by those new to Marmite (almost invariably non-Britons) is to spread it thickly, like the chocolate spread it almost resembles. As the yeast extract is somewhat concentrated, only the most devoted Marmite-lover could possibly appreciate such treatment. Instead, the toast should receive only the thinnest layer it is possible to apply. Some British supermarket chains now sell own brand yeast extracts. What's in Marmite?
Mosquito ControlSome people believe that consuming Marmite wards against mosquitos. The (untested) reasoning being that the skin gives off a scent, unnoticeable to humans, which mosquitos find unappealing. British travellers to tropical locations sometimes take Marmite with them to eat during the trip.
Serving SuggestionsThe following is a list of great uses of Marmite - please add more if you have them.
OutletsMarmite is widespread and available in most food stores in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and Sri Lanka. The variety of Marmite available in Australia and New Zealand is however significantly different in taste to UK Marmite and comes in different packaging; it is manufactured by the company Sanitarium (but see New Zealand entry below). In the following countries it is at least available in big supermarkets and health food stores: Israel, South Africa. Elsewhere, Marmite is still quite unknown, and hard to find (July 2004). Hence, we present a list of stores where one could find Marmite, sorted by country. FranceParis:
USAWest Coast:
Indiana:
New York/Pennsylvania: PolandWarsaw: (Warszawa) It is reported that Tesco managers order a crate of it to be sent over from Blighty when the local expats become too vociferous in their condemnation of Tesco's failure to provide British things like real marmalade and cheddar cheese. New ZealandBritish-style Marmite is available in branches of the New World supermarket chain, but is sold under the name "Our Mate", presumably because Sanitarium own the Marmite trademark in New Zealand. In all other respects the taste and packaging are identical. JapanStocked by the Meiji-ya store, which has outlets in the Ginza and Roppongi districts of Tokyo. Only the smallest-sized pot is on sale, at a hefty 700 Yen or so (around US$7). Nutritional InformationPer 100g
Per 4g serving
RDA = Recommended Daily Allowance Suggested serving 4g for adults, 2g for children. External links
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