From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihldt!ll1!otuxa!we13!lime!orion!ariel!martin Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: What is Vegemite anyway???? Article-I.D.: ariel.233 Posted: Sun Feb 13 21:58:40 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 02:44:15 1983 References: tekid.875 Vegamite???, i'm english (and proud of it!!), we call it Marmite. in fact not only Athletes swear by it, but mothers also. Babies are brought up as 'Marmite Babies', given Marmite Soldiers from the age of 2 upwards (maybe even earlier). In fact it was avaliable free from the 'baby clinics' as part of the National Health. Marmite contains:- Yeast extracts, Vegatable extracts. B groups vitamins. Riboflavin + Niacin. It's made by 'Marmite Ltd', Burton-on-trent, England. And i'm sure it was make well before Vegamite was introduced in Aussie Land. The two products are the same. Shoprite stores in NJ area carry it as stock, but it's very expensive. I have the largest size jar collected from england whenever a friend comes or goes to england. On the note of taste, i have tried it out on a few americans, and they ALL hate the salty taste or the FOUL smell. some have got use to it, but only after trying a lot. great i say, more for me. martin levy, holmdel, nj.