Vegemite

[saintpeter48]

I can't seem to find it in supermarkets, I've tried Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose without luck, they used to stock it a few years ago, what has happened to Vegemite?
It is available online at Amazon, but why is it not attainable in supermarkets, any ideas?

[Rosie29]

No ideas I'm afraid. Is it much different from Marmite?

[Jackdaw33]

It's an Australian concoction so may not be as acceptable to the English palate as Marmite. If it doesn't sell they won't stock it.

[Atheist]

I personally don't much like vegemite, it's a bit thicker and grainier than marmite, but I think it's big in Oz.

[pixie374]

Marmite is vegan, would that help?

[ummmm]

It tastes the same as marmite to me but the texture is not very nice. The both taste naff either way :-)

[ummmm]

It's in Tesco. Just checked.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=vegemite&;icid=tescohp_sws-1_m-ft_in-vegemite_ab-226-b_out-vegemite

[saintpeter48]

Ummmm ... when I put it into my basket it says, 'sorry product not available'.

[ummmm]

That's annoying.

[pastafreak]

Sometimes an item is not available in the shop from which your order is collected...but could be in-store in another. And vice versa.

[pastafreak]

Apparently, Morrisons and Ocado have it.

[Buenchico]

Vegemite, like Marmite, is made from leftover brewers' yeast. With pubs in many parts of the world having been shut down due to Covid-19, there's been less beer produced by the breweries and consequently less leftover yeast. It's certainly affected the manufacture of Marmite
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53005434
so perhaps the same applies to Vegemite?

[THECORBYLOON]

Both Vegemite and Marmite (apart ftom the 70g size) are vegan.

There must be some reason the 70g size is different because only that size of Marmite is Kosher.

[jno]

Vegemite was originally named Parwill.

[1ozzy]

https://vegemite.com.au/heritage