When was marmite founded

In it was reported that inmates at Dartmoor prison were cooking up a brew called a Marmite Mule. But a Prison Service spokesman said on Wednesday it was not banned as it could not be used to make any alcoholic drinks. There's more than one Marmite. In New Zealand and Australia the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing company sells Marmite but it has added caramel and sugar to its version, which obviously gives it a sweeter taste. Sanitarium bought the rights to use the brand name back in Marmite does not just come in jars.

Other products in the range which you might also hate are Marmite Mini Cheddar Bites, Marmite crisps, Marmite jumbo rice cakes and Marmite flavoured oven-baked cashew nuts. Marmite used to be made in London. The product became so popular that the company's factory in Burton-on-Trent could not keep up so they converted a former brewery in Vauxhall, south London to create a second plant.

One resident of the area recalls on a local history blog: "When I was a kid we lived near the Marmite factory at Vauxhall. The smell from the factory was disgusting! People living close by applied to have their rates reduced because of the stench they failed of course.

A sculpture has been built in Marmite's honour. The sculpture, nicknamed Monumite, now takes pride of place next to the main library in Burton-on-Trent. In , Marmite decided to exchange its metal screw top lid for a plastic one and there was an outcry by the fans who felt this was a dreadful idea.

This is when Marmite really became recognised as a cult British product and it has been that way ever since, growing in number by the day. Marmite was acquired by its current owner, Unilever, in when it was brought to the company by the merging of Best Foods and Unilever. Hi i was wondering if you could help me date a couple of jars? They are not screw tops and are exactly the same as the set you have as your first picture of jars. Hi Stuart. Thank you for contacting us here at Marmite Museum, could you send me some images of your jars so I can see them?

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