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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2011, 11:07:00 PM »

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2011, 12:50:03 PM »
From the description of marmite, I don't blame the Danes for banning it one bit.

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2011, 09:31:41 PM »
I you had tasted it you would ban it too

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2011, 10:10:44 PM »
banning Vegemite is the real crime

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2011, 03:28:42 PM »
It tastes fantastic and is good for you contains vitamin B12  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12) something which is reduced if you smoke or drink alcohol to excess (most of the UK) - plus loads of other ways it can be low

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2011, 03:42:10 PM »
Mmmm... Marmite on toast - lovely  ;D

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2011, 04:04:42 PM »
Denmark is now saying it was really a misunderstanding, and the importer didn't have the correct permits/licenses, etc.

I 'm going to have to try this stuff the next time I get to a place that might have it. I've tasted Vegemite, and read up on the stuff on wiki, but sounds interesting. 

But why is it 'fortified'? Is there anything healthy in it?

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2011, 06:39:09 PM »
>Quite simply if an item is legal in one of the EU countries then it is legal in the whole of the EU.
So why can't i buy marihuana from the Netherlands in my local super market?

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2011, 07:49:01 PM »
Oh yeah. That's called "gedoogbeleid".

Basically it means that it's illegal but not too annoying so it's tolerated.

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2011, 12:53:47 AM »
>I 'm going to have to try this stuff the next time I get to a place that might have it. I've tasted Vegemite

Ever worked on a gearbox and mistakenly got some burned 90w gear oil in your mouth?  It tastes like that.

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Re: Denmark bans marmite
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2011, 07:56:32 AM »
honestly, I'm in the 'hate' camp but its not that bad, sort of tastes like very very concentrated beef stock with lots of salt (
Bovril is similar but less salty, although I seem to remember its less good for you because Marmite is yeast based, with inherent vitamins and bovril is bits of cow, with inherent chemicals).